#16 : How to play beep and other system sounds?

Below piece of code can be used to play a beep from a Powershell script. I have used in many of scripts where user interaction is required. Presenting a list of different sounds which can be played from a Powershell script.

Beep:

1. #--Statement to play beep from Powershell Scripts --#    
2. clear   
3. [System.Media.SystemSounds]::Beep.Play()   

Hand:

1. #--Statement to play hand from Powershell Scripts --#    
2. clear   
3. [System.Media.SystemSounds]::Hand.Play()   

Asterisk:

1. #--Statement to play Asterisk from Powershell Scripts --#    
2. clear   
3. [System.Media.SystemSounds]::Asterisk.Play()   

Exclamation:

1. #--Statement to play Exclamation from Powershell Scripts --#    
2. clear   
3. [System.Media.SystemSounds]::Exclamation.Play()   

Please test and let me know your response. Thanks.

#15 : Handling Clipboard with Powershell

Not sure when you might need to get data from Clipboard. But I thought it might be useful in some cases which I might not think about.
So, below is the piece of code which can be used.

Getting Data from Clipboard:

Below code will look if the Clipboard contains a text data and if this is so, it would display. You may store it into variable and do whatever you like.

#--Statement to Get Text Data from Clipboard --#   
if ( [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::GetText() -ne ""  )    
{    
    [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::GetText()   
   
else   
{   
    Write-Output "Clpboard does not contain Text data"    
}    

Setting Data into Clipboard:

Use below piece of code to set a value to the Clipboard. To confirm if value is set or not, please use above section.

#--Statement to Set item into Clipboard --#   
$Data_to_Set="Som DT"    
if ($Data_to_Set -ne "" )    
{    
    [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::SetText($Data_to_Set)   
}   

Clearing Data from Clipboard:

Below code can be used to clear data available in clipboard.

#--Statement to clear the data from clipboard --#    
[System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::Clear()   

I hope this will help you. Please comment here if you have any thoughts about it.

#14 : Find all the files modified within last 7 days

Such requirements come to picture many times in different forms. Below is piece of code which can be used for such requirements. I have made it recursive to all subdirectories also.

1. clear   
2.   
3. #--Change the name with directory you want to visit --#    
4. $dir_to_look="C:\Users\admin\Desktop"    
5.   
6. #--You may change the number of days of your choice --#   
7. $seven_days_backdate=$(Get-Date).AddDays(-7)    
8.   
9. #--Find the files which are modified or created within last 7 days --#    
10. Get-Childitem $dir_to_look -Recurse | `   
11.         where-object {!($_.psiscontainer)} | `   
12.         where { $_.LastWriteTime -gt $seven_days_backdate } | `   
13.         foreach {  Write-Host "$($_.LastWriteTime) :: $($_.Fullname) "  }   

#12 : How to know Powershell Version?

People often ask me how to find the Powershell version. The questions might be like -
How to find the Powershell version?
What version of Powershell I am using?
Is there any way to find Powershell version?

Stop! I am telling you. This is just a small command -

1. clear   
2. $Host.Version  

Output: 
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
2      2    0     1358

Again, there should no more doubts, Major is the one which you have to look. Ok, let me simplify it.

1. clear   
2. $Host.Version | foreach { "Powershell " + $_.Major + ".0" }   

Output:
Powershell 2.0 

 
There should not be any doubts now :).