functions/Get-CommandSyntax.ps1
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Function Get-CommandSyntax { [cmdletbinding()] [alias("gsyn")] [OutputType("System.String")] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the name of a PowerShell cmdlet or function. Ideally it has been loaded into the current PowerShell session." )] [ValidateScript({ Get-Command -Name $_ })] [string]$Name ) Write-Verbose "Starting $($MyInvocation.MyCommand)" foreach ($provider in (Get-PSProvider)) { Write-Verbose "Testing with the $($provider.name) Provider" if ($host.name -match "console") { "$([char]0x1b)[1;4;38;5;155m$($provider.name)$([char]0x1b)[0m" } else { $provider.name } #get first drive $path = "$($provider.drives[0]):\" Write-Verbose "..getting syntax" Push-Location Set-Location $path $syn = Get-Command -Name $Name -Syntax | Out-String Write-Verbose "..getting dynamic parameters" $get = Get-Command -Name $name $dynamic = ($get.parameters.GetEnumerator() | Where-Object { $_.value.IsDynamic }).key Pop-Location if ($dynamic) { Write-Verbose "...found $($dynamic.count) dynamic parameters" Write-Verbose "...$($dynamic -join ",")" foreach ($param in $dynamic) { if ($host.name -match 'console') { $syn = $syn -replace "\b$param\b", "$([char]0x1b)[1;38;5;213m$param$([char]0x1b)[0m" } else { #must be in the PowerShell ISE so don't use any ANSI formatting } } } $syn } #foreach Provider Write-Verbose "Ending $($MyInvocation.MyCommand)" } |