PSScriptAnalyzer

1.3.0

PSScriptAnalyzer provides script analysis and checks for potential code defects in the scripts by applying a group of built-in or customized rules on the scripts being analyzed.

Minimum PowerShell version

3.0

Installation Options

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using PowerShellGet More Info

Install-Module -Name PSScriptAnalyzer -RequiredVersion 1.3.0

Copy and Paste the following command to install this package using Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet More Info

Install-PSResource -Name PSScriptAnalyzer -Version 1.3.0

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Owners

Copyright

(c) Microsoft Corporation 2016. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Microsoft Corporation

Tags

lintbestpractice ScriptAnalyzer

Cmdlets

Get-ScriptAnalyzerRule Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

Features:

- Support for running ScriptAnalyzer on PowerShell version v3 or higher! This means PSv5 is no longer the minimum PS version for ScriptAnalyzer

Rules:

- [From Community] Rule for warning about backticks that look like line-continuations but are not [MisleadingBacktick rule]
- Ability in default ruleset to recognize PowerShell variable scopes - global, local, script, private
- Ability to use functions as a variable and support for special type of functions like prompt

Fixes:
Rules:

- Fix for recognizing PowerShell preference variable ($OFS) in the default ruleset
- Fix for false positive - PSShouldProcess rule requires boolean value
- Fix to account for function scope prefix
- Raise ReservedParam rule only for exported functions as cmdlets

FileList

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.24.0 3,028,445 3/18/2025
1.23.0 1,134,658 10/9/2024
1.22.0 994,452 2/27/2024
1.21.0 1,509,792 9/29/2022
1.20.0 1,040,851 8/24/2021
1.19.1 718,536 7/28/2020
1.19.0 195,817 5/4/2020
1.18.3 519,505 9/16/2019
1.18.2 29,147 9/3/2019
1.18.1 116,069 6/13/2019
1.18.0 157,114 3/21/2019
1.17.1 234,764 6/5/2018
1.16.1 110,570 9/5/2017
1.16.0 5,691 8/16/2017
1.15.0 22,108 6/21/2017
1.14.1 2,688 6/12/2017
1.14.0 934 6/9/2017
1.13.0 6,522 5/18/2017
1.12.0 2,314 5/9/2017
1.11.1 7,132 4/4/2017
1.11.0 8,563 3/1/2017
1.10.0 6,245 1/19/2017
1.9.0 5,859 12/6/2016
1.8.1 7,238 10/14/2016
1.8.0 1,300 10/8/2016
1.7.0 5,252 8/18/2016
1.6.0 28,863 6/7/2016
1.5.0 5,115 3/30/2016
1.4.0 3,142 2/17/2016
1.3.0 (current version) 1,248 1/19/2016
1.2.0 12,670 12/16/2015
1.1.1 918 11/4/2015
1.1.0 908 9/1/2015
1.0.2 639 6/24/2015
1.0.1 528 5/8/2015
1.0 526 4/24/2015
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