Power Shell vs AutoIT

How does Power Shell compare to AutoIT in terms of:
1. functionality
2. complexity
3. learning curve
Currently my interest is for non-GUI functionality, especially for disk/folder/file management, PC maintenance, registry work, date/time, string maniputation, file I/O, interfacing with MS Office, interaction with external programs such as robocopy,
access to and work on networked PCs and storage.

As someone who has used both, I can safely say that they hardly compare to one another. AutoIt has its place if you need to automate mouse clicks, keyboard presses, moving windows, locking the keyboard while something is happening on screen, and taking screen
captures at precise locations.
I am aware it can do more, but I do not believe it is ever going to provide you the integration that PowerShell can with your computer and the remote computers in which you manage. If you had to choose between the two to put on a resume, you should be choosing
Windows PowerShell! If you're interests are where you say they are then PowerShell is where you need to be, and so for functionality - it wins.
As far as complexity and learning curve, I'm going to say it wins again. There is something quite frustrating when trying to do things with AutoIt. You have a single help file to work from that doesn't have much in the way of examples. Beyond that, it just
doesn't have the community that PowerShell has and so getting answers online can be difficult. Good luck!

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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