Aaron's Code Notes

There are several options for running PowerShell commands from Linux. Run the PowerShell script over a REST interface Unless you need a remote shell, the easiest option is to set up a REST interface for your PowerShell scripts. More information here . Using the winrm Ruby Gem https://github.com/WinRb/WinRM Using a WS-Management client on Linux Set up Windows for remote access: https://github.com/Openwsman/openwsman/wiki/winrm-over-openwsman-setup Install OpenWSMAN on Linux: http://openwsman.github.io/ Use Openwsman Command-Line Client: https://github.com/Openwsman/openwsman/wiki/openwsman-command-line-client OR - Use Ruby client bindings: http://users.suse.com/~kkaempf/openwsman/ Install an SSH server on Windows Install a Salt Minion on Windows Install Salt Master on Linux Install Python on Windows Install Salt Minion on Windows Open firewall on Windows for Salt access On Linux, run: # salt "winServer" cmd.run "powersh...

For Bash, use Google to get word definitions on the command line by putting this in your .bashrc file: def () { lynx -cfg=/dev/null -dump "http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A$*" | less; } (Make sure that is all on one line) Then type "def word" to get a definition for "word". You can also create a shell script like so: #!/bin/csh -f lynx -cfg=/dev/null -dump "http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A${1}" | less This will work if you aren't using Bash. Make the script executable and put it in your search path (~/bin is a good place). You need a copy of lynx (or better yet links ) for this to work. The "-cfg=/dev/null" is optional for lynx, but should be removed if you are using links.