PowerShell provides multiple operators to manipulate binary numbers at the bit level. In addition to an AND and an OR operator, this includes those used for an exclusive OR and negation. There are also two shift operators, which shift the bits by a certain number of positions to the left or right.

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All modern shells and command lines offer a prompt that provides the user with essential information about his context. By default, however, PowerShell displays only the current directory. Since its appearance is determined by a function, you can change the PowerShell prompt easily.

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In your work in Microsoft Azure, should you focus your energies on Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, or both? This lesson presents a comprehensive comparison of the two primary scripting languages in the Azure cloud.

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Most programming languages provide string functions that can be used to selectively truncate leading or trailing characters. String objects in PowerShell have three such trim() methods that remove not only spaces but also any characters at the beginning and end.

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