Powershell.Helper.Extension.psm1
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.VERSION 1.0 .GUID 4ea20bcd-b174-46bc-ba48-08d10066ec5d .AUTHOR Bret Knoll #> <# .Synopsis Used by function Format-OrderedList when receiving input from user .DESCRIPTION Uses pattern match to determine if a entry is numeric .Version 1.0 #> function isNumeric{ param([object]$item) return $($item -match "^[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,2}$") } <# .Synopsis Used by function Format-OrderedList to format a single row. .DESCRIPTION Formats each line of input into a number list. .Version 1.0 #> function Format-Item{ param($item = @{}, [array]$property ) $property | foreach{ $column = $_ "$($item."$column")`t " } } <# .Synopsis Many of powershells functions return streams or lists of items. This function allows the user to choose items by a number in a list without have to sort by name. .DESCRIPTION Format-NumberedList formats lists in to a numbered list, allowing user to choose one or more items in the list. .Version 1.0 #> function Format-OrderedList{ param( [array]$property ) begin{ if($property){ $arrayOfProperties = $property.Split(",") } $count=0; #"$count : Choose None!" $objectHash = @{"$count" = "DoNothing"} $formattedTable = @() } process{ $count++ if(!$arrayOfProperties){ $propertyList = $_.PSStandardMembers.DefaultDisplayPropertySet.Value # | Get-Member PSStandardMembers -Force $arrayOfProperties = $propertyList.ReferencedPropertyNames } $item = $_ | select -Property $arrayOfProperties $formattedTable = $formattedTable + "$count :`t$(Format-Item -item $item -property $arrayOfProperties )" $objectHash.Add("$count", $_) } end{ $formattedTable | Out-Host Write-host -BackgroundColor Black "`tChoose an item by #"; $listOfItems = @(); $item="0" while($item){ $item = read-host "[$($listOfItems.length)] " if(isNumeric -item $item){ $listOfItems = $listOfItems + $item } } $listOfItems | foreach{ $objectHash["$($_)"] } } } <# .DESCRIPTION Creates each level of a path. Requires elevated permissions to create a path. Currently, does not check if adequate permissions exist to create a path. .Version 1.0 .EXAMPLE 1 Build-Path -Path "c:\temp\ouptut\Time0930" each portion of the path is checked, if it does not exist it is created. #> function Build-Path{ param([string]$Path) [string]$testPath = "" if(!(test-path $Path) ){ $Path.Split("\") | foreach{ if($_ -like "*:" ){ $testPath = $_ } if($_ -notlike "*:" ){ $testPath = Join-Path($testPath)$($_) } Write-Verbose $testPath If(!(test-path $testPath)){ New-Item $testPath -ItemType directory } } } [string]$Path } New-Alias -Name Format-NumberedList -Value Format-OrderedList |