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WHAT’S NEW IN POWERSHELL 2.0? 11
What Is PowerShell, and Why Do You Need It?
CHAPTER 1
debugging tools with PowerShell.  e new debugging features allow you set break-
points on the following:
▶ Lines
▶ Columns
▶ Variables
▶ Commands
If you are using the debugger with your scripts, you can step into, over, and out of
the scripts, and you can even display the call stack, o en with a single keystroke.
 ere are cmdlets to work with the debugger. You can also display the values of
variables and run standard commands in the debugger.
 e ISE makes it easy to interact with the debugger. Figure 1.7 shows the Debug
menu.
FIGURE 1.7 ISE’s Debug menu
You can also access the debugger in your PowerShell sessions. You can set break-
points using the Set-PSBreakpoint cmdlet, and you can list your breakpoints
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