PowerShell has a function Get-FileHash to compute the hash value for a file by using a specified hash algorithm. For example, to calculate SHA1 hash code for a file: Get-FileHash -Path "D:\Software\test.ovf" -Algorithm SHA1 You can also check other algorithms like MD5, SHA256 etc. PS D:\Software> Get-Command Get-FileHash CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- … Continue reading PowerShell checking file hash →

In PowerShell, the cmdlet Get-Content is used to read a file. Usually you just give the path of a file name as below: Get-Content -Path "c:\temp\test.txt" When the file is small, you won't notice anything wrong. But when it's quite big with thousands of lines, you might notice it's extremely slow to display. This is … Continue reading PowerShell — Get-Content slow? →