functions/Out-Copy.ps1
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Function Out-Copy { [cmdletbinding()] Param( [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [object]$InputObject, [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [int]$Width = 80, [switch]$CommandOnly ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) BEGIN ] Starting the command" #initialize a collection to hold all incoming data $Data = [system.collections.generic.list[object]]::New() #initialize a here-string for the clipboard copy $Text = @" "@ #parse out the Out-Copy command $Invoked = $MyInvocation.Line $cmd = $Invoked.substring(0, $invoked.LastIndexOf("|")) Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) BEGIN ] Capturing output from $cmd" $Idle = $True } #begin Process { #only display the verbose message once if ($idle) { Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) PROCESS] Capturing pipeline input" $Idle = $False } #add each input to the collection $data.Add($InputObject) } #process End { #write data to the pipeline Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) END ] Here is the captured command output" $data if ($CommandOnly) { Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) END ] Copying command statement only to the clipboard" $Text += $cmd } else { #convert data to text Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) END ] Getting current prompt" #insert a prompt $text += "PS $($pwd)> " #add the command expression $text += $cmd #insert a blank line to make the output prettier $text += "`n" Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) END ] Converting data to text" #using a regular expression to try and clean up the output $text += ($data | Out-String -Width $Width) -replace "(?<=\S*)\s+`r`n$", "`r`n" } Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) END ] Copy text to the clipboard" Set-Clipboard -Value $text Write-Verbose "[$($myinvocation.mycommand) END ] Ending the command" } #end } |