Background Jobs

1. Using PowerShell ISE or VSCode, create a new script called ~\Desktop\ITS3410\wherefrom.ps1
2. Enter $cityName = read-host Type the name of the city you reside in
3. Enter write-host You are from $cityname`? I have been there many times!
4. Save the script
5. Run the script and enter the city you live in

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6. Execute the script as a job type: start-job -filepath ~\Desktop\ITS3410\wherefrom.ps1
7. If it successfully executes, look at the table for the Job ID
8. To see what the job is doing in the background, type: receive-job n # Where n is the job number
9. Type the name of the city you live in
10. To get the results of the command type: receive-job n # Where n is the job number

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Programming Project Part 1

Using PowerShell ISE or VSCode, create a PowerShell script that will do the following:

1. Get the Windows Event Log for System
2. Capture all the warnings between the dates of January 1 and July 1 of the current year
3. Send the output to a file called {your name}_system.log
4. Capture all the errors for August of the current year
5. Append the output to the same log file

Upload the script. Upload the log file.

Programming Project Part 2

Using PowerShell ISE or VSCode, create a PowerShell script that will do the following:

1. Ask for the users name
2. Ask the user for a 2-digit number
   1. Validate this number is two numeric digits
   2. Take into account leading zeroes
   3. If the number is invalid, have the user try again
3. Ask the user for a 3-digit number
   1. Validate this number is three numeric digits
   2. Take into account leading zeroes
   3. If the number is invalid, have the user try again
4. Perform the following mathematical calculations on the numbers
   1. Multiply the two numbers
   2. Add the two numbers
   3. Subtract the two numbers (negative results are acceptable)
   4. Divide the two numbers
      1. Check for divide by zero
      2. Let the user know if this wont work
   5. Output the following information to the screen
      1. Name: users name
      2. First number: first number
      3. Second number: second number
      4. First number x second number: result
      5. First number + second number: result
      6. First number - second number: result
      7. First number / second number: result or error message if it cannot be done

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