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reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Add-Member.md

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ The third command uses dot notation to get the value of the **Status** property
 `$a`. As the output shows, the value is `Done`.
 
 ```powershell
-$A = Get-ChildItem c:\ps-test\test.txt
+$A = Get-ChildItem C:\ps-test\test.txt
 $A | Add-Member -NotePropertyName Status -NotePropertyValue Done
 $A.Status
 ```
@@ -211,25 +211,35 @@ In this example we create a custom object that contains two **NoteProperty** mem
 property is a string.
 
 ```powershell
-PS> $obj = [pscustomobject]@{
-      Name = 'Doris'
-      Age = '20'
+$user = [pscustomobject]@{
+    Name = 'Doris'
+    Age = '20'
+}
+$addMemberSplat = @{
+    MemberType = 'AliasProperty'
+    Name = 'intAge'
+    Value = 'Age'
+    SecondValue = 'UInt32'
 }
-PS> $obj | Add-Member -MemberType AliasProperty -Name 'intAge' -Value age -SecondValue uint32
-PS> $obj | Get-Member
+$user | Add-Member @addMemberSplat
+$user | Get-Member
+```
 
+```Output
    TypeName: System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject
 
 Name        MemberType    Definition
 ----        ----------    ----------
-intAge      AliasProperty intAge = (System.UInt32)age
+intAge      AliasProperty intAge = (System.UInt32)Age
 Equals      Method        bool Equals(System.Object obj)
 GetHashCode Method        int GetHashCode()
 GetType     Method        type GetType()
 ToString    Method        string ToString()
 Age         NoteProperty  string Age=20
 Name        NoteProperty  string Name=Doris
+```
 
+```powershell
 PS> $obj
 
 Name  Age intAge
@@ -561,7 +571,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
 -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose,
 -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
-[about_CommonParameters](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_CommonParameters.md).
+[about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
 
 ## INPUTS
 
@@ -611,4 +621,4 @@ methods are being added. For more information about the `$this` variable, see
 
 [about_Automatic_Variables](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Automatic_Variables.md)
 
-[System.Type.GetMethod()](/dotnet/api/system.type.getmethod)
+[System.Type.GetMethod()](xref:System.Type.GetMethod%2a)

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Add-Type.md

@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ Adds a Microsoft .NET class to a PowerShell session.
 ### FromSource (Default)
 
 ```
-Add-Type [-TypeDefinition] <String> [-Language <Language>] [-ReferencedAssemblies <String[]>]
- [-OutputAssembly <String>] [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-PassThru] [-IgnoreWarnings]
+Add-Type [-TypeDefinition] <String> [-Language <Language>]
+ [-ReferencedAssemblies <String[]>] [-OutputAssembly <String>]
+ [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-PassThru] [-IgnoreWarnings]
  [-CompilerOptions <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
@@ -28,24 +29,24 @@ Add-Type [-TypeDefinition] <String> [-Language <Language>] [-ReferencedAssemblie
 ```
 Add-Type [-Name] <String> [-MemberDefinition] <String[]> [-Namespace <String>]
  [-UsingNamespace <String[]>] [-Language <Language>] [-ReferencedAssemblies <String[]>]
- [-OutputAssembly <String>] [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-PassThru] [-IgnoreWarnings]
- [-CompilerOptions <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
+ [-OutputAssembly <String>] [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-PassThru]
+ [-IgnoreWarnings] [-CompilerOptions <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ### FromPath
 
 ```
 Add-Type [-Path] <String[]> [-ReferencedAssemblies <String[]>] [-OutputAssembly <String>]
- [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-PassThru] [-IgnoreWarnings] [-CompilerOptions <String[]>]
- [<CommonParameters>]
+ [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-PassThru] [-IgnoreWarnings]
+ [-CompilerOptions <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ### FromLiteralPath
 
 ```
-Add-Type -LiteralPath <String[]> [-ReferencedAssemblies <String[]>] [-OutputAssembly <String>]
- [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-PassThru] [-IgnoreWarnings] [-CompilerOptions <String[]>]
- [<CommonParameters>]
+Add-Type -LiteralPath <String[]> [-ReferencedAssemblies <String[]>]
+ [-OutputAssembly <String>] [-OutputType <OutputAssemblyType>] [-PassThru]
+ [-IgnoreWarnings] [-CompilerOptions <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ### FromAssemblyName
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: True
 Specifies the output type of the output assembly. By default, no output type is specified. This
 parameter is valid only when an output assembly is specified in the command. For more information
 about the values, see
-[OutputAssemblyType Enumeration](/dotnet/api/microsoft.powershell.commands.outputassemblytype).
+[OutputAssemblyType Enumeration](xref:Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutputAssemblyType).
 
 The acceptable values for this parameter are as follows:
 
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 
 Specifies the source code that contains the type definitions. Enter the source code in a string or
 here-string, or enter a variable that contains the source code. For more information about
-here-strings, see [about_Quoting_Rules](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/about/about_Quoting_Rules.md).
+here-strings, see [about_Quoting_Rules](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Quoting_Rules.md).
 
 Include a namespace declaration in your type definition. If you omit the namespace declaration, your
 type might have the same name as another type or the shortcut for another type, causing an
@@ -628,15 +629,15 @@ arbitrary path requires `Add-Type`, since those assemblies can't not be loaded a
 
 ## RELATED LINKS
 
-[about_Profiles](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_profiles.md)
+[about_Profiles](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Profiles.md)
 
 [about_Quoting_Rules](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Quoting_Rules.md)
 
 [Add-Member](Add-Member.md)
 
 [New-Object](New-Object.md)
 
-[OutputAssemblyType](/dotnet/api/microsoft.powershell.commands.outputassemblytype)
+[OutputAssemblyType](xref:Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutputAssemblyType)
 
 [Platform Invoke (P/Invoke)](/dotnet/standard/native-interop/pinvoke)
 

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Clear-Variable.md

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Deletes the value of a variable.
 ## SYNTAX
 
 ```
-Clear-Variable [-Name] <String[]> [-Include <String[]>] [-Exclude <String[]>] [-Force] [-PassThru]
- [-Scope <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
+Clear-Variable [-Name] <String[]> [-Include <String[]>] [-Exclude <String[]>] [-Force]
+ [-PassThru] [-Scope <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ This command removes the value of global variables that have names that begin wi
 ### Example 2: Clear a variable in a child scope but not the parent scope
 
 ```powershell
-$a=3
+$a = 3
 &{ Clear-Variable a }
 $a
 ```
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ The acceptable values for this parameter are:
 - `Script`
 
 You can also use a number relative to the current scope (0 through the number of scopes, where 0 is
-the current scope and 1 is its parent). Local is the default. For more information, see [about_Scopes](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Scopes.md).
+the current scope and 1 is its parent). Local is the default. For more information, see
+[about_Scopes](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Scopes.md).
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.String
@@ -213,7 +214,8 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 
 This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
 -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose,
--WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
+-WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
+[about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
 
 ## INPUTS
 

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Compare-Object.md

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Compares two sets of objects.
 
 ```
 Compare-Object [-ReferenceObject] <PSObject[]> [-DifferenceObject] <PSObject[]>
- [-SyncWindow <Int32>] [-Property <Object[]>] [-ExcludeDifferent] [-IncludeEqual] [-PassThru]
- [-Culture <String>] [-CaseSensitive] [<CommonParameters>]
+ [-SyncWindow <Int32>] [-Property <Object[]>] [-ExcludeDifferent] [-IncludeEqual]
+ [-PassThru] [-Culture <String>] [-CaseSensitive] [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ The output displays only the lines that are different between the files. `Testfi
 content that appear in both files aren't displayed.
 
 ```powershell
-Compare-Object -ReferenceObject (Get-Content -Path C:\Test\Testfile1.txt) -DifferenceObject (Get-Content -Path C:\Test\Testfile2.txt)
+$objects = @{
+  ReferenceObject = (Get-Content -Path C:\Test\Testfile1.txt)
+  DifferenceObject = (Get-Content -Path C:\Test\Testfile2.txt)
+}
+Compare-Object @objects
 ```
 
 ```Output
@@ -174,7 +178,12 @@ output displayed by the default format for **System.Boolean** objects didn't dis
 In this example, we compare two different string that have the same length.
 
 ```powershell
-Compare-Object -ReferenceObject 'abc' -DifferenceObject 'xyz' -Property Length -IncludeEqual
+$objects = @{
+  ReferenceObject = 'abc'
+  DifferenceObject = 'xyz'
+  Property = 'Length'
+}
+Compare-Object @objects -IncludeEqual
 ```
 
 ```Output

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Csv.md

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ ConvertFrom-Csv [[-Delimiter] <Char>] [-InputObject] <PSObject[]> [-Header <Stri
 ### UseCulture
 
 ```
-ConvertFrom-Csv -UseCulture [-InputObject] <PSObject[]> [-Header <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
+ConvertFrom-Csv -UseCulture [-InputObject] <PSObject[]> [-Header <String[]>]
+ [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ $Header = 'State', 'MoreData', 'StatusMessage', 'Location', 'Command',
           'BeginTime', 'EndTime', 'JobType', 'Output', 'Error', 'Progress',
           'Verbose', 'Debug', 'Warning', 'Information'
 # Delete the default header from $J
-$J = $J[1..($J.count - 1)]
+$J = $J[1..($J.Count - 1)]
 $J | ConvertFrom-Csv -Header $Header
 ```
 

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.md

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Converts a JSON-formatted string to a custom object or a hash table.
 ## SYNTAX
 
 ```
-ConvertFrom-Json [-InputObject] <String> [-AsHashtable] [-DateKind <JsonDateKind>] [-Depth <Int32>]
- [-NoEnumerate] [<CommonParameters>]
+ConvertFrom-Json [-InputObject] <String> [-AsHashtable] [-DateKind <JsonDateKind>]
+ [-Depth <Int32>] [-NoEnumerate] [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ that can be managed in PowerShell.
 ```powershell
 # Ensures that Invoke-WebRequest uses TLS 1.2
 [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
-$j = Invoke-WebRequest 'https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues' | ConvertFrom-Json
+$j = Invoke-WebRequest 'https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues' |
+    ConvertFrom-Json
 ```
 
 You can also use the `Invoke-RestMethod` cmdlet, which automatically converts JSON content to
@@ -128,8 +129,10 @@ This command shows an example where the `-NoEnumerate` switch is used to round-t
 JSON array.
 
 ```powershell
-Write-Output "With -NoEnumerate: $('[1]' | ConvertFrom-Json -NoEnumerate | ConvertTo-Json -Compress)"
-Write-Output "Without -NoEnumerate: $('[1]' | ConvertFrom-Json | ConvertTo-Json -Compress)"
+Write-Output "With -NoEnumerate: $('[1]' | ConvertFrom-Json -NoEnumerate |
+    ConvertTo-Json -Compress)"
+Write-Output "Without -NoEnumerate: $('[1]' | ConvertFrom-Json |
+    ConvertTo-Json -Compress)"
 ```
 
 ```Output

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Markdown.md

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ title: ConvertFrom-Markdown
 # ConvertFrom-Markdown
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
-Convert the contents of a string or a file to a **MarkdownInfo**
-object.
+Convert the contents of a string or a file to a **MarkdownInfo** object.
 
 ## SYNTAX
 
@@ -161,7 +160,8 @@ Accept wildcard characters: True
 
 This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
 -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose,
--WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
+-WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
+[about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
 
 ## INPUTS
 

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-SddlString.md

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Converts a SDDL string to a custom object.
 ### All
 
 ```
-ConvertFrom-SddlString [-Sddl] <String> [-Type <AccessRightTypeNames>] [<CommonParameters>]
+ConvertFrom-SddlString [-Sddl] <String> [-Type <AccessRightTypeNames>]
+ [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ ConvertFrom-SddlString -Sddl $acl.Sddl -Type RegistryRights
 ```
 
 The first command uses the `Get-Acl` cmdlet to get the security descriptor for the
-HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ key and saves it in the variable.
+`HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\` key and saves it in the variable.
 
 The second command uses the `ConvertFrom-SddlString` cmdlet to get the text representation of the
 SDDL string, contained in the Sddl property of the object representing the security descriptor.
@@ -70,16 +71,22 @@ It uses the `-Type` parameter to specify that SDDL string represents a registry
 $acl = Get-Acl -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
 
 ConvertFrom-SddlString -Sddl $acl.Sddl | Foreach-Object {$_.DiscretionaryAcl[0]}
+```
 
+```Output
 BUILTIN\Administrators: AccessAllowed (ChangePermissions, CreateDirectories, Delete, ExecuteKey, FullControl, GenericExecute, GenericWrite, ListDirectory, ReadExtendedAttributes, ReadPermissions, TakeOwnership, Traverse, WriteData, WriteExtendedAttributes, WriteKey)
+```
 
+```powershell
 ConvertFrom-SddlString -Sddl $acl.Sddl -Type RegistryRights | Foreach-Object {$_.DiscretionaryAcl[0]}
+```
 
+```Output
 BUILTIN\Administrators: AccessAllowed (ChangePermissions, CreateLink, CreateSubKey, Delete, EnumerateSubKeys, ExecuteKey, FullControl, GenericExecute, GenericWrite, Notify, QueryValues, ReadPermissions, SetValue, TakeOwnership, WriteKey)
 ```
 
 The first command uses the `Get-Acl` cmdlet to get the security descriptor for the
-HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ key and saves it in the variable.
+`HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\` key and saves it in the variable.
 
 The second command uses the `ConvertFrom-SddlString` cmdlet to get the text representation of the
 SDDL string, contained in the Sddl property of the object representing the security descriptor.

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-StringData.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ string must conform to the rules for a **DATA** section. For more information, s
 `ConvertFrom-StringData` supports escape character sequences that are allowed by conventional
 machine translation tools. That is, the cmdlet can interpret backslashes (`\`) as escape characters
 in the string data by using the
-[Regex.Unescape Method](/dotnet/api/system.text.regularexpressions.regex.unescape), instead of the
+[Regex.Unescape Method](xref:System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Unescape%2a), instead of the
 PowerShell backtick character (`` ` ``) that would normally signal the end of a line in a script.
 Inside the here-string, the backtick character doesn't work. You can also preserve a literal
 backslash in your results by escaping it with a preceding backslash, like this: `\\`. Unescaped
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
 -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose,
 -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
-[about_CommonParameters](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_CommonParameters.md).
+[about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
 
 ## INPUTS
 

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertTo-Csv.md

@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ ConvertTo-Csv [-InputObject] <PSObject> [[-Delimiter] <Char>] [-IncludeTypeInfor
 ### UseCulture
 
 ```
-ConvertTo-Csv [-InputObject] <PSObject> [-UseCulture] [-IncludeTypeInformation] [-NoTypeInformation]
- [-QuoteFields <String[]>] [-UseQuotes <QuoteKind>] [-NoHeader] [<CommonParameters>]
+ConvertTo-Csv [-InputObject] <PSObject> [-UseCulture] [-IncludeTypeInformation]
+ [-NoTypeInformation] [-QuoteFields <String[]>] [-UseQuotes <QuoteKind>] [-NoHeader]
+ [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ This example converts the Windows event log for PowerShell to a series of CSV st
 
 ```powershell
 (Get-Culture).TextInfo.ListSeparator
-Get-WinEvent -LogName 'PowerShellCore/Operational' | ConvertTo-Csv -UseCulture -NoTypeInformation
+Get-WinEvent -LogName 'PowerShellCore/Operational' |
+    ConvertTo-Csv -UseCulture -NoTypeInformation
 ```
 
 ```Output