Functions/GenXdev.Helpers/Show-Verb.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Helpers Original cmdlet filename : Show-Verb.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.270.2025 ################################################################################ MIT License Copyright 2021-2025 GenXdev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ################################################################################> ############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Shows a short alphabetical list of all PowerShell verbs. .DESCRIPTION Displays PowerShell approved verbs in a comma-separated list. If specific verbs are provided as input, only matching verbs will be shown. Supports wildcards. .PARAMETER Verb One or more verb patterns to filter the output. Supports wildcards. If omitted, all approved verbs are shown. .EXAMPLE Show-Verb Shows all approved PowerShell verbs .EXAMPLE Show-Verb -Verb "Get*" Shows all approved verbs starting with "Get" .EXAMPLE showverbs "Set*", "Get*" Shows all approved verbs starting with "Set" or "Get" using the alias #> function Show-Verb { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('showverbs')] param( ######################################################################## [parameter( Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, HelpMessage = 'One or more verb patterns to filter (supports wildcards)', Mandatory = $False )] [SupportsWildcards()] [string[]] $Verb = @() ######################################################################## ) begin { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Starting Show-Verb with filter patterns: $($Verb -join ', ')" } process { # if no specific verbs requested, get all approved verbs if ($Verb.Length -eq 0) { $verbs = Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Get-Verb } else { # filter verbs based on provided patterns $verbs = Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Get-Verb | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue { $existingVerb = $PSItem foreach ($verb in $Verb) { if ($existingVerb.Verb -like $verb) { $existingVerb } } } } # sort verbs alphabetically and return as comma-separated string ($verbs | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Sort-Object { $PSItem.Verb } | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object Verb -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -Join ', ' } end { } } |