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>> This is kind of the whole point of Powershell: there is no such thing as raw binary data, and you have to work harder if you want to deal with something as b
by thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
>> This is kind of the whole point of Powershell: there is no such thing as raw binary data, and you have to work harder if you want to deal with something as bytes. It's certainly a culture shock coming from "everything is a stream of bytes" Unix-land.
Exactly. It means that system administrators need to be aware of the differences when working with Powershell versus other shells to avoid silent corruption of binary data.
- shortrounddev2 3y agoYes, and? A Python developer needs to learn a different language if they become a java developer. A sysadmin needs to learn Windows if they're going to administer Windows.
- thesuperbigfrog 3y ago>> A sysadmin needs to learn Windows if they're going to administer Windows. Powershell is cross-platform and runs on Linux and MacOS as well as Windows: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell You can discover differences between Powershell and traditional shells as a Linux admin.
- shortrounddev2 3y agoOk, similarly, you'll need to learn powershell if your going to use it as a tool as a system admin