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PowerShell is an open source programming language created in 2006 by Jeffrey Snover.

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PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language. Initially a Windows component only, known as Windows PowerShell, it was made open-source and cross-platform on 18 August 2016 with the introduction of PowerShell Core. The former is built on .NET Framework while the latter on .NET Core. Read more on Wikipedia...


Example from Riju:
Write-Host "Hello, world!"
Example from hello-world:
'Hello World'
# Hello World in Microsoft Powershell 'Hello World!'
Example from Linguist:
#!/usr/bin/env pwsh # source: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellStandard/blob/3436bfc162d6804dd11d1d76c4faff486b4b405d/build.ps1 param ( [Parameter(ParameterSetName="Clean")][switch]$Clean, [Parameter(ParameterSetName="Test")][switch]$Test ) import-module $PSScriptRoot/PowerShellStandard.psm1 -force if ( $Clean ) { Start-Clean return } Start-Build if ( $Test ) { Invoke-Test }
Example from Wikipedia:
name value1 value2 name -Param1 value1 -Param2 value2
PowerShell Keywords
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Language features

Feature Supported Example Token
Standard Library Write-Host "Hello, World!"
Conditionals
Switch Statements
Functions
Exceptions
Classes
While Loops
MultiLine Comments <# A comment #> <# #>
Strings '
Assignment =
Print() Debugging echo
Line Comments # A comment #
Comments
Semantic Indentation X
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