PSTemplate.psm1
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.synopsis - Fills out a template filled with {{name}} variables using a hash table .description - Template should be formatted as a string, with {{<VariableName>}} used as the tokens to replace - Replacements should be in a hash table as <VariableName> = ReplacementValue .example - Fill-Template -Template "simple {{Type}} but could be a here-string" -Variables @{'Type' = 'string'} - returns: simple string but could be a here-string .parameter Template - the template in the form of a string .parameter Variables - the variable key-value pairs to replace .outputs - returns the input Template form with the replacements applied .notes Author: Ben Renninson Email: ben@goldensyrupgames.com From: https://github.com/GSGBen/PSTemplate #> function Invoke-PSTemplate { Param ( [Parameter(Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$true)][string[]]$Template, [Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$true)][System.Collections.IDictionary]$Variables ) Begin { # don't join anything: we want to return the output in the same form as the input } Process { $Return = $Template $Variables.GetEnumerator() | Select-Object Name,Value | ForEach-Object { # this allows "" to go through, but doesn't throw on a fully missing $Template if ($null -ne $Return) { $Return = $Return.Replace("{{$($_.Name)}}",$_.Value) } } return $Return } End { } } New-Alias -Name Fill-Template -Value Invoke-PSTemplate |