invoke-webrequest:tldr:ac4f3
The given command is written in Windows PowerShell scripting language. It is used to invoke a web request to a specified URL and save the response to a file.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
-
Invoke-WebRequest
: This is a PowerShell cmdlet used to send HTTP and HTTPS requests to a web page or web service. -
${http:--example-com}
: This represents the URL or web address to which the web request is sent. In this case, it is set tohttp://example.com
. The${}
syntax is used to enclose and evaluate variables within the command. -
-OutFile
: This is a parameter used to specify the output file where the content of the web request will be saved. -
${path\to\file}
: This represents the file path and name to which the response content will be saved. In this case, it is set topath\to\file
. Similar to the previous variable,${}
is used to evaluate the path variable.
To use this command, you would replace ${http:--example-com}
with the desired URL and ${path\to\file}
with the desired file path and name where the content should be saved. For example:
Invoke-WebRequest http://example.com -OutFile C:\path\to\file.txt
In this case, the web request is sent to http://example.com
and the response content is saved to the file C:\path\to\file.txt
.