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To: FJB who wrote (97384)	7/12/2017 11:46:46 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 110581

There is a script at that link to download all the books. Replace "C:\Users\ENTER_YOUR_DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY_HERE" with where you want to download them. Make sure the directory already exists. NOTE: It will download the books in all available formats. So you will have up to four copies in some cases... ############################################################### # Eric Ligmans Amazing Free Microsoft eBook Giveaway # blogs.msdn.microsoft.com # Link to download list of eBooks # ligman.me # Thanks David Crosby for the template (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/david%20crosby/) ############################################################### $dest = "C:\Users\ENTER_YOUR_DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY_HERE" # Download the source list of books $downLoadList = "http://ligman.me/2sZVmcG" $bookList = Invoke-WebRequest $downLoadList # Convert the list to an array [string[]]$books = "" $books = $bookList.Content.Split("`n") # Remove the first line - it's not a book $books = $books[1..($books.Length -1)] $books # Here's the list # Download the books foreach ($book in $books) { $hdr = Invoke-WebRequest $book -Method Head $title = $hdr.BaseResponse.ResponseUri.Segments[-1] $title = [uri]::UnescapeDataString($title) $saveTo = $dest + $title Invoke-WebRequest $book -OutFile $saveTo }