In case I'm not the only one having missed the emergence of Microsoft's incredible PowerShell shell.
Examples:
Stop all processes that begin with the letter "p":
PS C:\> get-process p* | stop-process -whatif
PS C:\> ps p* | kill -whatif
Find the processes that use more than 1000 MB of memory and kill them:
PS C:\> get-process | where-object { $_.WS -gt 1000MB } | stop-process -whatif
PS C:\> ps | ? { $_.WS -gt 1000MB } | kill -whatif
Calculate the number of bytes in the files in a directory:
PS C:\> get-childitem | measure-object -property length -sum
PS C:\> ls | measure-object -p length -s
There also are numerous add-ins for Exchange, SQL Server, IIS etc. to enable automation of advanced administration / management / deployment scenarios. Check it out! Time to dump your .CMDs!
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