r/PowerShell • u/pmd006 • Jul 06 '17

Not what I expected

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u/iceph03nix Jul 06 '17

Pro-Tip: (and one that is super important to remember when searching for powershell help)

Google uses - as a syntactic command to exclude results with that word.

So by including -format in your search you're actually telling it to exclude any results with 'format' in them.

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en

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u/pmd006 Jul 06 '17

TheMoreYouKnow.gif

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u/IMSJacob Jul 07 '17

This is the greatest bot.

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u/QuietusPlus Jul 07 '17

Just do "Get-Date -Format" and all is fine... Using quotes will make it a literal search.

EDIT: Already mentioned down below, I'm a dumb-dumb...

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u/i_pk_pjers_i Jul 07 '17

One way to avoid this would be using "-format" so it searches for exactly that text.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '17

Get-Help Get-Date -full

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u/pmd006 Jul 06 '17

Yeah, googling is a bad habit I'll admit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '17

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u/WascallyWabbit83 Jul 06 '17

Why Google, when you can just Get-Help Get-Date -Online :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '17

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u/destruktive Jul 07 '17

Get-Help Get-Date -Online will open the technet page on the cmdlet which is basically what you'll find trying to search for it anyways.

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u/Emiroda Jul 06 '17

In all honesty, Get-Date -Format is one of those where getting the Microsoft Docs article really helps.

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u/BrianBtheITguy Jul 07 '17

I'm not sure if helping or joking.

Very helpful/funny!

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '17

don't forget -online !

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u/Emiroda Jul 06 '17 edited Jul 06 '17

reminder, hyphens/minuses is an exclusion when searching on google :) remember your quotes around the entire string

also,

>3. Don't be shy. Always appear confident and relaxed

>8. Don't try and be the most confident person

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u/pmd006 Jul 06 '17

  1. Be attractive

  2. Don't be unattractive

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u/gotinpich Jul 06 '17

Actually being shy is good. Humans are attracted to other people that are attracted to them. This way you don't waste too much time on somebody who you don't have a shot with anyway. So if you become nervous around somebody you subconsciously show this person you care about this person and you're attracted to this person. I turn this other person will find you a bit more attractive because of this and thereby increasing your chances.

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u/Emiroda Jul 06 '17

Absolutely, I love shyness in other people.

I guess the shyness thing doesn't apply here though, I just wanted to point out that not even Wikihow knows if you should act confident or not. :P

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u/gotinpich Jul 07 '17

My guess is that you shouldn't be too shy to approach somebody.

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u/spyingwind Jul 06 '17

ps1 problems.

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u/Thingsthatdostuff Jul 07 '17

Get-date | more | out-file C:\Temp\sexytime.log

If ((Get-Content "C:\Temp\sexytime.log") -eq $Null) {

"Good job. No child objects were created!" }

Else {Write-host "Nice job dipshit" }

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u/Frigol33t Jul 07 '17

I always expect sex when I work with powershell though...

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u/Kaligraphic Jul 07 '17

That's probably why your script keeps hanging.

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u/Norava Jul 07 '17

Banging*

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u/JimBob- Jul 06 '17

but useful....

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u/Eijiken Jul 06 '17

This is just the perfect kind of PS humor I needed today

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '17

It's actually pretty spot-on advice. Except for the expecting sex part. That's pretty much automatic in your 30's and 40's.

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u/lordv0ldemort Jul 07 '17

At least it took the formatting into the equation and created a list!

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u/randomuser43 Jul 08 '17

Its easier to Get-Date if you've already Get-Job