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A colleague sends Priya a maintenance script named diskcleanup.ps1 to run on a Windows 11 workstation. Which scripting environment is this file designed for?
- AThe Windows Command Prompt, which executes legacy batch instructions line by line.
- BA Unix or Linux Bash shell, which runs plain shell script files directly.
- CThe Python interpreter, which executes interpreted source code at runtime.
- DWindows PowerShell, whose scripts use the .ps1 file extension. Correct
Recognise that a .ps1 file extension identifies a Windows PowerShell script and maps to the PowerShell scripting environment. Script file extensions signal the interpreter that runs them. The .ps1 extension is registered to Windows PowerShell, so the shell parses and executes the file as PowerShell code rather than as batch, Bash, or Python.
Why A is wrong: Command Prompt runs batch files, but those carry a .bat or .cmd extension, not .ps1, so this environment does not match the file.
Why B is wrong: Bash is a real interpreter, but shell scripts use the .sh extension and Bash is not native to a standard Windows workstation.
Why C is wrong: Python is a genuine interpreted language, but its scripts use the .py extension and require Python to be installed separately.
Why D is correct: A .ps1 file is a PowerShell script and is interpreted by the PowerShell engine, so this is the correct environment for it.