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Friday, October 16, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (10/16/09)

In this post : Has the WMI Problem with Dates and Daylight Saving Time Been Resolved? How Can I Change the Color of Error Messages in the Windows PowerShell Console? How Can I Read a Text File and Update 2,000 User Accounts? Can I Use a WildCard Character
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Friday, February 06, 2009 9:33 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (02/06/09)

How Can I Pipe Over a Variable for Use in a File Name? Hey, Scripting Guy! Sorry to bother you but I have been looking for an answer to this for a few hours now. I’ve also been experimenting but have had no luck figuring it out yet. How do you get a variable
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:37 PM

How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Report Back the Name and Creation Date for Files Containing a Specified String Value?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Using Windows PowerShell, how can I search for a string value in all the files in a folder full of text files, then report back the file name and creation date for each file where that string value was found? Oh, and I’d like to have
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:14 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Delete Files That Are a Specified Number of Hours Old?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve seen scripts that let you delete all the files in a folder that are X number of days old. I have a different problem: I’d like to delete files that are X number of hours, or even X number of minutes , old. How can I do that? --
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:03 AM

How Can I Separate Hours and Minutes in a Date-Time Value?

Hey, Scripting Guy! In determining system uptime I get back a value like 65.75 hours. How can I convert this value to "65 hours and 45 minutes"? -- JM Hey, JM. We’ll see what we can do for you, but we have to be honest: this is a very sad day for the
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Friday, August 25, 2006 9:08 AM

How Can I Determine the First Friday in a Month?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the first Friday in a month? -- JB Hey, JB. You know, when we first glanced at this question we were hoping it said, “How can I determine if any given day in a month is a Friday?” Why? Well, if that was the case
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Monday, August 21, 2006 12:50 PM

How Can I Save a File Based on the Day of the Week?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to save data to a text file each evening. How can I determine the day of the week and then save the file in the appropriate folder? For example, when the script runs on a Thursday then the file should be saved to C:\Logs\Thursday\Results.txt.
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:22 AM

How Can I Determine Last Month’s Date?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine last month’s date? I need to be able to take the month and year for the previous month (using the format mmyy ) and create a file name like this: test0606.xls. -- DR Hey, DR. We have to admit that, at first, this
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Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:59 AM

How Can I Determine Which Day of the Year a Date Falls On?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which day of the year a date falls on? For example, March 2, 2006 is the 61 st day of the year. -- TW Hey, TW. You know, we almost feel guilty about answering this question. Why? Well, after all, we can answer it
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Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:08 AM

How Can I Determine the Beginning and Ending Date of the Previous Month?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Given a specific date, how can I determine the beginning and ending date of the previous month? In other words, given 8/11/2005, I need to get back 7/1/2005 and 7/31/2005. -- PH Hey, PH. You know, this was a tough question for us:
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Friday, July 29, 2005 8:37 AM

How Can I Tell if a Date Falls within a Specified Time Period?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if a date falls within a specified time period? -- JW Hey, JW. By amazing coincidence on our way to work this morning we heard two different commercials, from two different companies, touting “Christmas in July.” That
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Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:18 AM

How Can I Determine the Date and Time that a Process Started?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the date and time that a process started? -- BM Hey, BM. We’ve got good news for you: not only do we have an answer to your question, but we’re not going to bore everyone with any more stories regarding our Colt
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Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:50 AM

How Can I Determine the Date for the Friday in a Given Week?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Given a date, can a script tell me the date that the Friday for that week occurs? -- DLR Hey, DLR. Too bad you didn’t ask which dates Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays fall on; coincidentally enough, each of the Scripting Guys have
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Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:47 AM

How Can I Determine the Week of the Month a Date Falls In?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the week of the month a date falls in? -- AK Hey, AK. You’re probably familiar with the book Moby Dick , the story of a crazy sea captain who became obsessed with hunting down and finishing off the great white whale.
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Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:33 AM

How Can I Determine the Elapsed Time Between Two Dates?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell how many days there are between two dates? For example, if I have a log file that says an application started on January 1, 2005 and that the application ended today, is there a way to determine how many days the application
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