Functions/Set-IniContent.ps1

Function Set-IniContent {
    <#
    .Synopsis
        Updates existing values or adds new key-value pairs to an INI file
 
    .Description
        Updates specified keys to new values in all sections or certain sections.
        Used to add new or change existing values. To comment, uncomment or remove keys use the related functions instead.
        The ini source can be specified by a file or piped in by the result of Get-IniContent.
        The modified content is returned as a ordered dictionary hashtable and can be piped to a file with Out-IniFile.
 
    .Notes
        Author : Sean Seymour <seanjseymour@gmail.com> based on work by Oliver Lipkau <oliver@lipkau.net>
        Source : https://github.com/lipkau/PsIni
                      http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/ea40c1ef-c856-434b-b8fb-ebd7a76e8d91
        Version : 1.0.0 - 2016/08/18 - SS - Initial release
                    : 1.0.1 - 2016/12/29 - SS - Removed need for delimiters by making Sections a string array
                                                and NameValuePairs a hashtable. Thanks Oliver!
 
        #Requires -Version 2.0
 
    .Inputs
        System.String
        System.Collections.IDictionary
 
    .Outputs
        System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary
 
    .Example
        $ini = Set-IniContent -FilePath "C:\myinifile.ini" -Sections 'Printers' -NameValuePairs @{'Name With Space' = 'Value1' ; 'AnotherName' = 'Value2'}
        -----------
        Description
        Reads in the INI File c:\myinifile.ini, adds or updates the 'Name With Space' and 'AnotherName' keys in the [Printers] section to the values specified,
        and saves the modified ini to $ini.
 
    .Example
        Set-IniContent -FilePath "C:\myinifile.ini" -Sections 'Terminals','Monitors' -NameValuePairs @{'Updated=FY17Q2'} | Out-IniFile "C:\myinifile.ini" -Force
        -----------
        Description
        Reads in the INI File c:\myinifile.ini and adds or updates the 'Updated' key in the [Terminals] and [Monitors] sections to the value specified.
        The ini is then piped to Out-IniFile to write the INI File to c:\myinifile.ini. If the file is already present it will be overwritten.
 
    .Example
        Get-IniContent "C:\myinifile.ini" | Set-IniContent -NameValuePairs @{'Headers' = 'True' ; 'Update' = 'False'} | Out-IniFile "C:\myinifile.ini" -Force
        -----------
        Description
        Reads in the INI File c:\myinifile.ini using Get-IniContent, which is then piped to Set-IniContent to add or update the 'Headers' and 'Update' keys in all sections
        to the specified values. The ini is then piped to Out-IniFile to write the INI File to c:\myinifile.ini. If the file is already present it will be overwritten.
 
    .Example
        Get-IniContent "C:\myinifile.ini" | Set-IniContent -NameValuePairs @{'Updated'='FY17Q2'} -Sections '_' | Out-IniFile "C:\myinifile.ini" -Force
        -----------
        Description
        Reads in the INI File c:\myinifile.ini using Get-IniContent, which is then piped to Set-IniContent to add or update the 'Updated' key that
        is orphaned, i.e. not specifically in a section. The ini is then piped to Out-IniFile to write the INI File to c:\myinifile.ini.
 
    .Link
        Get-IniContent
        Out-IniFile
    #>


    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "File")]
    [OutputType(
        [System.Collections.IDictionary]
    )]
    Param
    (
        # Specifies the path to the input file.
        [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "File" )]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [String]
        $FilePath,

        # Specifies the Hashtable to be modified.
        # Enter a variable that contains the objects or type a command or expression that gets the objects.
        [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ParameterSetName = "Object")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [System.Collections.IDictionary]
        $InputObject,

        # Hashtable of one or more key names and values to modify. Required.
        [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "File")]
        [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "Object")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [HashTable]
        $NameValuePairs,

        # String array of one or more sections to limit the changes to, separated by a comma.
        # Surrounding section names with square brackets is not necessary but is supported.
        # Ini keys that do not have a defined section can be modified by specifying '_' (underscore) for the section.
        [Parameter( ParameterSetName = "File" )]
        [Parameter( ParameterSetName = "Object" )]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [String[]]
        $Sections
    )

    Begin {
        Write-Debug "PsBoundParameters:"
        $PSBoundParameters.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { Write-Debug $_ }
        if ($PSBoundParameters['Debug']) {
            $DebugPreference = 'Continue'
        }
        Write-Debug "DebugPreference: $DebugPreference"
        Write-Verbose "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):: Function started"

        # Update or add the name/value pairs to the section.
        Function Update-IniEntry {
            param ($content, $section)

            foreach ($pair in $NameValuePairs.GetEnumerator()) {
                if (!($content[$section])) {
                    Write-Verbose ("$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):: '{0}' section does not exist, creating it." -f $section)
                    $content[$section] = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary([System.StringComparer]::OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                }

                Write-Verbose ("$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):: Setting '{0}' key in section {1} to '{2}'." -f $pair.key, $section, $pair.value)
                $content[$section][$pair.key] = $pair.value
            }
        }
    }
    # Update the specified keys in the list, either in the specified section or in all sections.
    Process {
        # Get the ini from either a file or object passed in.
        if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'File') { $content = Get-IniContent $FilePath }
        if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Object') { $content = $InputObject }

        # Specific section(s) were requested.
        if ($Sections) {
            foreach ($section in $Sections) {
                # Get rid of whitespace and section brackets.
                $section = $section.Trim() -replace '[][]', ''

                Write-Debug ("Processing '{0}' section." -f $section)

                Update-IniEntry $content $section
            }
        }
        else {
            # No section supplied, go through the entire ini since changes apply to all sections.
            foreach ($item in $content.GetEnumerator()) {
                $section = $item.key

                Write-Debug ("Processing '{0}' section." -f $section)

                Update-IniEntry $content $section
            }
        }
        Write-Output $content
    }
    End {
        Write-Verbose "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):: Function ended"
    }
}

Set-Alias sic Set-IniContent