Functions/Invoke-PathShortener.ps1
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function Invoke-PathShortener { <# .SYNOPSIS Path Shortener .EXAMPLE Invoke-PathShortener Will take the current path and shortened it using default values. .EXAMPLE Invoke-PathShortener -KeepBefore 3 Will shorten the current path and keep the first 3 parts and last 1. .EXAMPLE Invoke-PathShortener -KeepBefore 3 -KeepAfter 2 Will shorten the current path and keep the first 3 parts and the last 2 parts. .EXAMPLE 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules' | Invoke-PathShortener -TruncateChar ([char]8230) Will shorten the path piped in from the pipeline, using a custom truncate character. .NOTES Author: Øyvind Kallstad Date: 10.09.2016 Version: 2.1 #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( # Path to shorten. [Parameter(Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string] $Path = (Get-Location), # Number of parts to keep before truncating. Default value is 2. [Parameter()] [ValidateRange(0, [int32]::MaxValue)] [int] $KeepBefore = 2, # Number of parts to keep after truncating. Default value is 1. [Parameter()] [ValidateRange(1, [int32]::MaxValue)] [int] $KeepAfter = 1, # Path separator character. [Parameter()] [string] $Separator = [System.IO.Path]::DirectorySeparatorChar, # Truncate character(s). Default is '...' # Use '[char]8230' to use the horizontal ellipsis character instead. [Parameter()] [string] $TruncateChar = '...' ) $Path = (Resolve-Path -Path $Path).Path $splitPath = $Path.Split($Separator, [System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries) if ($splitPath.Count -gt ($KeepBefore + $KeepAfter)) { $outPath = [string]::Empty for ($i = 0; $i -lt $KeepBefore; $i++) { $outPath += $splitPath[$i] + $Separator } $outPath += "$($TruncateChar)$($Separator)" for ($i = ($splitPath.Count - $KeepAfter); $i -lt $splitPath.Count; $i++) { if ($i -eq ($splitPath.Count - 1)) { $outPath += $splitPath[$i] } else { $outPath += $splitPath[$i] + $Separator } } } else { $outPath = $splitPath -join $Separator if ($splitPath.Count -eq 1) { $outPath += $Separator } } Write-Output $outPath } |