TSSecurity

0.0.3

Public/ConvertTo-SecureFile.ps1

function ConvertTo-SecureFile {
    [CmdletBinding(,DefaultParameterSetName='Path')]
    Param (
    [Parameter(
         Mandatory,
         ParameterSetName='Path',
         Position=0,
         ValueFromPipeline,
         ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName
     )]
    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
    [SupportsWildcards()]
    [string[]]$Path,
    [Parameter(
         Mandatory,
         ParameterSetName='LiteralPath',
         Position=0,
         ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName
     )]
    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
    [Alias('PSPath')]
    [string[]]$LiteralPath,
    [switch]$ReplaceFile
    )

    # https://4sysops.com/archives/process-file-paths-from-the-pipeline-in-powershell-functions/
    process {
    if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Path') {
        $ResolvedPaths = Resolve-Path -Path $Path | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Path
    } elseif ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'LiteralPath') {
        $ResolvedPaths = Resolve-Path -LiteralPath $LiteralPath | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Path
    }

    foreach ($Item in $ResolvedPaths) {
        $File = Get-Item -LiteralPath $Item
        $EncryptedStr = Get-Content $File |
          ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -force |
          ConvertFrom-SecureString
        if ($ReplaceFile) {
        Write-Verbose "Re-writing $File with encrypted string: $EncryptedStr"
        Set-Content $File $EncryptedStr
        } else {
        Write-Output $EncryptedStr
        }
    }
    }
}