Find the PoserShell script:
$s = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath "D:\_[Main]\sample.txt"
$p = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($s)
Write-Host $p
Get Last Modified Date without downloading the file in PowerShell
Compatibility: v5.x
$zipfile = "https://www..../xyz/test.zip"
add-type @"
using System.Net;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {
public bool CheckValidationResult(
ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,
WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {
return true;
}
}
"@
$AllProtocols = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]'Ssl3,Tls,Tls11,Tls12'
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = $AllProtocols
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy
#$res = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $zipfile
$webRequest = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create($zipfile)
$webRequest.Method = "GET"
[System.Net.HttpWebResponse]$webResponse = $webRequest.GetResponse()
Write-Output $webResponse.LastModified
Getting SQL Server result set in PowerShell
Compatibility: v5.x
If you are a .NET developer then you are already familiar with this code 
$connectionString = "Data Source=localhost;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks2016CTP3"
$dt = New-Object System.Data.DataTable
$da = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter("SELECT TOP 10 * FROM Person.Address", $connectionString)
$da.Fill($dt)
Write-Output $dt.Rows[0]["AddressLine1"]
# or
ForEach ($dr in $dt.Rows) {
Write-Output $dr["AddressLine1"]
}