PoshFunctions

2.2.8

A curated collection of over 210 PowerShell functions. Many functions written by me. Others are attributed wherever possible.

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3.0

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Owners

Copyright

(c) 2022 Bill Riedy. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Bill Riedy

Tags

base64 beep binaryip calendar capslock color-hex color-rgb color-show computersite computer-site credential date-random datetime date-truncate days-week decimalip display dns-async dotteddecimalip email-address expand-string expand-tab exponentiation file file-encoding file-invalidchar folder format functions gui ini inputbox ip iprange isadmin isdate ishexstring isnumeric isvalidemail isvalidip library macaddress magic8ball markdown md5sum msgbox numlock ping-async popup progress random-date registry reverse-string rot13 round savefile scrolllock set-type share-permission share-stat shortcut sid speak subnetmask system timezone urlencode utc wrap-text xml

Functions

Compare-ObjectProperty Compare-ObjectSetComplement Compare-ObjectSetDifference Compare-ObjectSetIntersection Compare-ObjectSetUnion Compare-PSGalleryObject Convert-HexToRGB Convert-Int32ToUint32 Convert-Int64ToText Convert-ObjectToHashtable Convert-RGBToHex Convert-SecureStringToString Convert-UserFlag ConvertFrom-Base64 ConvertFrom-Binary ConvertFrom-DateTime ConvertFrom-FsRight ConvertFrom-Hex ConvertFrom-HtmlEncode ConvertFrom-RomanNumeral ConvertFrom-UrlEncode ConvertFrom-UTC ConvertFrom-Xml ConvertTo-Base64 ConvertTo-Binary ConvertTo-BinaryIPv4 ConvertTo-Bool ConvertTo-DateTime ConvertTo-DecimalIPv4 ConvertTo-DottedDecimalIPv4 ConvertTo-Hex ConvertTo-HtmlEncode ConvertTo-OrderedDictionary ConvertTo-RomanNumeral ConvertTo-UncPath ConvertTo-UrlEncode ConvertTo-UTC Copy-Object Eexit Expand-IPv6 Expand-String Expand-Tab Export-CSVSortedColumn Export-FontSample FileSizeAbove FileSizeBelow Format-MacAddress Format-RandomCase Format-ReverseString Format-ReverseToken Format-SortedList Format-TitleCase Format-WrapText Get-ArpTable Get-Assoc Get-BashPath Get-BinaryType Get-CeasarCipher Get-ComputerSite Get-ComputerUptime Get-DiceRoll Get-DisplayBrightness Get-DNSHostEntryAsync Get-DriveStat Get-DuplicateFileName Get-Enum Get-ExecutableForFile Get-FileEncoding Get-FileName Get-FileWithLeadingSpace Get-FolderName Get-Font Get-Fortune Get-Ftype Get-InvalidFileCharacter Get-IpRange Get-LastDayInMonth Get-List Get-LongName Get-MachineType Get-MacVendor Get-Magic8Ball Get-Md5Sum Get-MyLocalLogonTime Get-NetworkCredential Get-NTFSPermission Get-NtpDate Get-Power Get-PrintableAscii Get-PrivateProfileComment Get-PrivateProfileSection Get-PrivateProfileSectionNames Get-PrivateProfileString Get-ProcessUser Get-PSWho Get-RandomDate Get-RandomHexDigit Get-RandomMacAddress Get-RegExpandString Get-RegistryValue Get-RelativePath Get-Round Get-SaveFileName Get-ScheduledTaskUser Get-ServiceUser Get-Shortcut Get-ShortName Get-SID Get-SpecialFolder Get-SqlDatabase Get-SqlIndexFragmentation Get-SqlStoredProcedure Get-StaticProperty Get-String Get-SubnetMaskIPv4 Get-TruncatedDate Get-Type Get-TypeAccelerator Get-UrlContent Get-VssAdminListVolumes Get-VssAdminListWriters Get-WordCount Get-WordList grep Invoke-Beep Invoke-CountdownTimer Invoke-Speak Join-Object Lock-Workstation Measure-Char Merge-Object mklink Move-ToRecycleBin New-ColorPicker New-Credential New-DatePicker New-FontPicker New-InputBox New-InputBoxSecureString New-MessageBox New-PFDateFormat New-QR New-RandomPassword New-Screenshot New-Shortcut Optimize-SqlIndexFragmentation Optimize-SqlStoredProcedure Out-PDFToPrinter Read-HostWithDefault Remove-BlankOrComment Remove-EmptyProperty Remove-QuotesFromCsv Remove-TeamsCache Remove-Trailing Reset-Desktop Resolve-FQDN Resolve-HostName sed Set-Capslock Set-Display Set-Numlock Set-PrivateProfileComment Set-PrivateProfileString Set-Scrolllock Set-SpeakerVolume Set-Type Set-WindowStyle Show-AllColor Show-Calendar Show-Color Show-ColorsWithBackground Show-DaysOfWeek Show-FileAttribute Show-FsRight Show-Month Show-NamedColor Show-Object Show-Progress Show-ShortDaysOfWeek Show-ShortMonth Show-SubnetMaskIPv4 Show-Timezone Split-Line Start-ADReplication Start-RecordSession Stop-RecordSession Switch-Mute Test-ConnectionAsync Test-IsAdmin Test-IsCapsLock Test-IsDate Test-IsFileLocked Test-IsHexString Test-IsLocalIPv4 Test-IsNull Test-IsNumeric Test-IsNumLock Test-IsScrollLock Test-IsValidEmailAddress Test-IsValidIPv4 Test-IsValidIPv6 Test-MultipleBool Test-Network Test-NtpDateVsNow Test-Password Test-PasswordComplexity Test-Port Test-Set Update-ExplorerIcon Use-Stopwatch Write-StringArray Write-StringHash Write-TextMenu

Dependencies

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Release Notes

For full release notes see .\Resources\ReleaseNotes.txt
### 2.2.8
* created .\Resources folder and moved files from the root of the modules excluding: PoshFunctions.psd1, PoshFunctions.psm1, ReadMe.md
* added additional word list file that contains over 370,000 entries for more English words
* added Convert-Int64ToText - Take an integer value and convert to English text. Valid range +/- 999,999,999,999.
* added ConvertFrom-RomanNumeral - Converts a roman numeral to a number
* added ConvertTo-RomanNumeral - Converts a number to a Roman numeral
* added Get-ArpTable - takes output from 'arp.exe -a' and parses output into objects
* added Get-Assoc - Displays file extension associations
* added Get-Ftype - Displays file types used in file extension associations
* added Get-VssAdminListVolumes - takes output from 'vssadmin.exe list volumes' and parses output into objects
* added Get-VssAdminListWriters - takes output from 'vssadmin.exe list writers' and parses output into objects
* added New-PFDateFormat - which represents a [datetime] in multiple formats
* added Test-IsLocalIPv4 - which determines if target IP address is local or remote (routed through default gateway) given the ip addresses and subnet mask
* deleted Get-Address - REST API at website no longer works
* deleted Get-GeoCode - REST API at website no longer works
* updated Convert-HexToRGB - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated ConvertFrom-Datetime - added -ISO8601 parameter
* updated ConvertFrom-FSRight - added -IncludeInput parameter, added support for array of input
* updated ConvertTo-Datetime - added -ISO8601 parameter
* updated Expand-String - changed class name from 'ExtractData' to 'PFExtractData' to prevent conflict
* updated Get-BinaryType - changed namespace from 'Win32Utils' to 'PFWin32Utils' to prevent conflict
* updated Get-ExecutableForFile - changed class name from 'Win32API' to 'PFWin32API' to prevent conflict, changed name of internal variable
* updated Get-LongName - added -LiteralPath for explictly named paths (no wildcards), proper handling of multiple paths with wildcards
* updated Get-MacVendor - changed [ValidatePattern] to logic within function to clean up improperly formatted mac addresses, display MacAddress then Vendor
* updated Get-NTFSPermission - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Get-PrintableAscii - added 'Q' to similar characters regex
* updated Get-RandomDate - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Get-SQLDatabase - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Get-SQLIndexFragmentation - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Get-SQLStoredProcedure - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Get-ShortName - added -LiteralPath for explictly named paths (no wildcards), proper handling of multiple paths with wildcards
* updated Get-UrlContent - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Get-WordCount - function would throw errors if it encountered PowerShell keywords, implemented work around
* updated Get-Wordlist - added -Full to use longer > 370,000 word list resource, moved word list file to .\Resources
* updated New-ColorPicker - to reflect its icon file moving to .\Resources
* updated New-DatePicker - to reflect its icon file moving to .\Resources
* updated New-FontPicker - to reflect its icon file moving to .\Resources
* updated New-InputBoxSecureString - to reflect its icon file moving to .\Resources, changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated New-RandomPassword - added -FullWordlist to use longer wordlist file. Added 'Q' to similar regex
* updated New-Screenshot - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Optimize-SQLIndexFragmentation - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Optimize-SQLStoredProcedure - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Remove-TeamsCache - changed 'return' to 'break' in error condition
* updated Set-Display - changed class name from 'API' to 'PFAPI' to prevent conflict, changed name of internal variable
* updated Set-SpeakerVolume - added -Adjust parameter so you can adjust volume up or down
* updated Start-AdReplication - changed hard coded -ThrottleLimit from 8 to [environment]::ProcessorCount so that it determines number of processors on the fly
* updated Test-PasswordComplexity - removed dependency on Get-PrintableAscii

### 2.2.7
* added module icon file .\PoshFunctions.ico for custom WinForms forms created
* moved function aliases to within the function definition so all the code is together
* added ConvertFrom-HtmlEncode - helps with decoding strings that contain HTML special characters. For instance, 'this & that' becomes 'this & that'
* added ConvertTo-HtmlEncode - helps with encoding strings that contain HTML special characters. For instance, 'this & that' becomes 'this & that'
* added Export-FontSample - creates HTML output of sample text formatted with all of the installed fonts on the system
* added Get-CeasarCipher - a more robust version of Convert-ROT13 where you can specify the key or number of positions to shift. Aliased to 'Convert-ROT13' for backward compatibility.
* added Get-DisplayBrightness - to determine current display brightness
* added Get-DuplicateFileName - creates a quick list of duplicate file names within a given folder
* added Get-List - function to return an array given an indeterminate number of command line parameters
* added Get-String - function to return a string given an indeterminate number of command line parameters
* added New-ColorPicker - presents dialog box where user can select a color.
* added New-DatePicker - presents dialog box where user can select a date, can optionally include the time
* added New-FontPicker - dialog that allows user to select a font from a dialog box
* added Split-Line - more reliably split a string into its constituent lines. Returns an array.
* added Test-MultipleBool - to do logical AND/OR across an array of boolean values
* added Test-PasswordComplexity - to verify if a string is of proper length and matches all character types
* added Write-StringHash - to take a given hashtable and write the code to create it
* removed Convert-ROT13 - see more robust Get-CeasarCipher
* renamed Set-Speaker to Set-SpeakerVolume to be better named. Set an alias to Set-Speaker for backward compatibility
* renamed Union-Object to Merge-Object to get around Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer error
* updated ConvertFrom-Binary - changed result to [uint64[]] to be able to convert larger numbers.
* updated ConvertFrom-Hex - changed result to [uint64[]] to be able to convert larger numbers.
* updated ConvertTo-Binary - changed -Number to [uint64[]] to be able to convert larger numbers. added -MinimumWidth parameter
* updated ConvertTo-Hex - changed -Number to [uint64[]] to be able to convert larger numbers. added -MinimumWidth parameter, and -Prefix parameter
* updated Get-ComputerUptime - to better handle Kerberos errors sometimes encountered when connecting to systems
* updated Get-DriveStat - to better handle Kerberos errors sometimes encountered when connecting to systems
* updated Get-LastDayInMonth - added -Date parameter and parameter set names
* updated Get-MachineType - to better handle Kerberos errors sometimes encountered when connecting to systems
* updated Get-ProcessUser - to better handle Kerberos errors sometimes encountered when connecting to systems
* updated Get-ServiceUser - to better handle Kerberos errors sometimes encountered when connecting to systems
* updated Merge-Object - aliased to 'Union-Object' for backward compatibility
* updated New-InputBoxSecureString - added module custom icon
* updated New-MessageBox - renamed from New-Popup (aliased for backward compatibility). added functionality for default button
* updated New-RandomPassword - added -TitleCase, -RandomCase, -Web. Changed default parameter set name to ReadableTitleCase
* updated Optimize-SqlIndexFragmentation - to handle error condition of index not having page level locking on. If that error is encountered it enables lock, optimizes index, then disables lock
* updated Set-Display - added -Brightness to set the brightness of the display
* updated Start-ADReplication - added -ThrottleLimit so as to not over saturate the local computer
* updated Test-ConnectionAsync - added -Full switch and made default output brief, slight formatting change in output
* updated Write-StringArray - added -ExcludeDollarSign to make it easier to create input for *.psd1 files

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
2.2.10 11,003 10/30/2023
2.2.9 6,680 9/30/2022
2.2.8 (current version) 1,369 2/25/2022
2.2.7 236 11/17/2021
2.2.6 217 8/2/2021
2.2.5 12 8/2/2021
2.2.4 53 6/30/2021
2.2.3 35 6/3/2021
2.2.1.6 200 3/23/2021
2.2.1.5 67 2/15/2021
2.2.1.4 29 2/8/2021
2.2.1.3 63 12/17/2020
2.2.1.2 86 10/27/2020
2.2.1.1 34 10/12/2020
1.0.0.1 13 10/12/2020
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