Some PowerShell scipts that can be hopefully also useful to others. Most of them were written by me, if not I tried to reference the author and or source. Since I collected those scripts over several years, I couldn't always remember though.
| Function | Location | Synopsis | Related Blog Post | Full Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diff-CSV | Binary wrapper\Diff-CSV.ps1 | PowerShell wrapper for diff-table.exe a tool to diff csv files | Link | |
| Diff-Excel | Binary wrapper\Diff-Excel.ps1 | PowerShell wrapper for ExcelConmpare a tool to diff excel files | Link | |
| Get-ESSearchResult | Binary wrapper\Get-ESSearchResult.ps1 | PowerShell wrapper around Everything search command line (es.exe). | Link | Link |
| SilverSearcher | Binary wrapper\SilverSearcher.ps1 | PowerShell wrapper around silver searcher (ag.exe) Recursively search for PATTERN in PATH. Like grep or ack, but faster. | Link | |
| Add-LookupColumn | Data Wrangling\Add-LookupColumn.ps1 | Funciton to use Excel's vlookup through PowerShell. Requires Excel to be installed. | Link | |
| Convert-CsvToXls | Data Wrangling\Convert-CsvToXls.ps1 | Convert a .csv file to xlsx (despite the name) | Link | |
| ConvertFrom-NamedCaptureGroup | Data Wrangling\ConvertFrom-NamedCaptureGroup.ps1 | Convert the output of a RegEx named capture group to a PSObject | Link | |
| Get-ChangeLog | Data Wrangling\Get-ChangeLog.ps1 | Comparing two objects or .csv files column by column. | Link | Link |
| Get-CSVDelimiter | Data Wrangling\Get-CSVDelimiter.ps1 | Autodetects delimiter used in CSV files and number of rows | Link | |
| Get-LineNumber | Data Wrangling\Get-LineNumber.ps1 | Retrieve specific Linenumber(s) from afile. | Link | |
| Get-TextWithin | Data Wrangling\Get-TextWithin.ps1 | Get the text between two surrounding characters (e.g. brackets, quotes, or custom characters) | Link | Link |
| grep | Data Wrangling\grep.ps1 | Filter output based on keyword, but still retain PowerShell object format. Hence it can be even used in the middle of a pipeline (see example): | Link | |
| Group-ConsecutiveRanges | Data Wrangling\Group-ConsecutiveRanges.ps1 | Given an integer array with numbers, return groups of consecutive ranges. | Link | |
| Import-Excel | Data Wrangling\Import-Excel.ps1 | Import data from Excel using Excel's COM interface. | Link | |
| Join-CSV | Data Wrangling\Join-CSV.ps1 | Function to join two .csv files based on a common column. Based on a PowerShellMagazine article from Chrissy LeMaire (see link). | Link | |
| Join-Linq | Data Wrangling\Join-Linq.ps1 | Performs an inner join of two object arrays based on a common column. | Link | |
| Query-Csv | Data Wrangling\Query-Csv.ps1 | Function to retrieve data from a .csv file based on sql query. Based on a PowerShellMagazine article from Chrissy LeMaire (see link). | Link | |
| Sort-CustomList | Data Wrangling\Sort-CustomList.ps1 | Sort data using a custom list in PowerShell. | Link | Link |
| Update-Content | Data Wrangling\Update-Content.ps1 | Insert text on a new line after the line matching the StartPattern or replace text between start- and end Pattern within a file | Link | |
| Compare-File | Extend Builtin\Compare-File.ps1 | A wrapper and extension for the built-in Compare-Object cmdlet to compare two txt based files and receive a side-by-side comparison (including Line numbes). | Link | |
| Compare-Object | Extend Builtin\Compare-Object.ps1 | Proxy function for the built-in Compare-Object cmdlet. This version also works with arrays, arrays of PSCustomObjects and custom classes it iterates over nested objects and properties to compare their values and also support compact output. See description and paramenter help for more. Compares two sets of objects. | Link | Link |
| Get-Choice | Extend Builtin\Get-Choice.ps1 | An alternative to the built-in PromptForChoice providing a consistent UI across different hosts. | Link | Link |
| Get-HelpExamples | Extend Builtin\Get-HelpExamples.ps1 | Get examples for a Cmdlet. | Link | |
| Get-HelpSyntax | Extend Builtin\Get-HelpSyntax.ps1 | Get the syntax for a cmdlet pretty printed + explanation | Link | Link |
| Get-Range | Extend Builtin\Get-Range.ps1 | Function to retrieve a continuous or stepwise Range of integers,decimals,dates,month names, day names or chars. Simulating Haskell`s Range operator | Link | Link |
| Join-Tables | Extend Builtin\Join-Tables.ps1 | Function to join tables based on one or more common columns with an option to summarize (aggregate) joined columns. | Link | |
| Select-ObjectX | Extend Builtin\Simplified-Select.ps1 | Proxy function for Select-Object providing easier syntax for calculated properties. | Link | Link |
| WhereEx | Extend Builtin\WhereEx.ps1 | POC for a simplified Where-Object with multiple conditions on the same property for PowerShell. | Link | Link |
| Add-FormatTableView | format output\Add-FormatTableView.ps1 | Function to add a Format Table View for a type | Link | Link |
| Add-PropertySet | format output\Add-PropertySet.ps1 | Function to create property sets | Link | Link |
| ConvertTo-HtmlConditionalFormat | format output\ConvertTo-HtmlConditionalFormat.ps1 | Function to convert PowerShell objects into an HTML table with the option to format individual table cells based on property values using CSS selectors. | Link | |
| Format-Error | format output\Format-Error.ps1 | Format $error[x] output. | Link | |
| Format-Pattern | format output\Format-Pattern.ps1 | Highlight a pattern in the output. Cannot be used in the middle of a pipeline. And works only on the commandline. | Link | |
| Get-FormatView | format output\Get-FormatView.ps1 | Function to get the format views for a particular type. | Link | Link |
| Out-ConditionalColor | format output\Out-ConditionalColor.ps1 | Filter to conditionally format PowerShell output within the PowerShell console. | Link | |
| Out-ConditionalColorProperties | format output\Out-ConditionalColorProperties.ps1 | Filter to conditionally format property values within PowerShell output on the console. | Link | |
| Out-Diff | format output\Out-Diff.ps1 | Generate html diff from git diff output using diff2html. | Link | |
| Get-ACEData | ACE\ACE.psm1 | Checkout the whole modules as it exports several more functions. Queries Excel and Access files. | Link | |
| Clear-Clipboard | Clear-Clipboard\Clear-Clipboard.psm1 | Identify the process that currently blocks the clipboard (Using GetOpenClipboardWindow and GetWindowThreadProcessId API calls) Opens a small GUI offering options to either stop or restart the process | Link | Link |
| Get-LegacyHelp | Get-LegacyHelp\Get-LegacyHelp.psm1 | Display help for windows commandline commands | Link | Link |
| Start-Logging | Logging\Logging.psm1 | Module to provide a logging functionality for scripts originally written by Oisin Grehan see link. | Link | |
| 8Queens | programming exercises\8 Queens.ps1 | PowerShell solution for a classical programming exercise. | Link | |
| Confirm-Brackets | programming exercises\Confirm-Brackets.ps1 | Function to check and display (through indentation) pairing of braces, brackets, and parentheses '{[()]} | Link | |
| GenerateSolveMaze | programming exercises\GenerateSolveMaze.ps1 | Function to generate a GUI (Windows forms) to build and solve random mazes | Link | |
| Get-CartesianProduct | programming exercises\Get-CartesianProduct.ps1 | Get the cartesian product for an object that contains array properties. See example. | Link | |
| TowerOfHanoi | programming exercises\TowerOfHanoi.ps1 | PowerShell solution to the Tower of Hanoi problem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi) using recursion. | Link | |
| Add-PowerShellContextMenu | Utils\Add-PowerShellContextMenu.ps1 | Function to create context menu entries in order to invoke PowerShell | Link | Link |
| Add-ScriptHelpISEAddOn | Utils\Add-ScriptHelpISEAddOn.ps1 | Function to create an ISE Add-On that will generate comment based help for functions. The functions requires the Show-UI module. | Link | Link |
| ConvertFrom-ExcelClipboard | Utils\ConvertFrom-ExcelClipboard.ps1 | Convert copied range from excel to an array of PSObjects | Link | Link |
| ConvertFrom-HtmlToText | Utils\ConvertFrom-HtmlToText.ps1 | Extract the text out of a HTML string | Link | |
| ConvertTo-Localtime | Utils\ConvertTo-LocalTime.ps1 | Convert a datetime from a remote timezone to the local time. | Link | Link |
| ConvertTo-PSFunction | Utils\ConvertTo-PSFunction.ps1 | Function to "convert" legacy command line commands to PowerShell functions | Link | |
| Delete-ComputerRestorePoint | Utils\Delete-ComputerRestorePoint.ps1 | Function to Delete Windows System Restore points | Link | |
| ForeachFor2 | Utils\ForeachFor2.ps1 | Function to step through two series of values in two collections and run commands against them. | Link | |
| Get-Breaktimer | Utils\Get-Breaktimer.ps1 | Function to display a break timer with a countdown based on absolute or relative times. | Link | |
| Get-Field | Utils\Get-Field.ps1 | Gets the public and private fields of objects. | Link | |
| Get-FileAndExtract | Utils\Get-FileAndExtract.ps1 | Function to download and extract files. | Link | |
| Get-FileEncoding | Utils\Get-FileEncoding.ps1 | Get the file encoding of a given file. | Link | |
| Get-FormatStrings | Utils\Get-FormatStrings.ps1 | Show common format strings for a given input and the respective outputs | Link | Link |
| Get-GoogleSuggestion | Utils\Get-GoogleSuggestion.ps1 | Function to get "Did you mean?" suggestions from Google. | Link | |
| Get-MSDNInfo | Utils\Get-MSDNInfo.ps1 | Opens the MSDN web page of an object member: type, method or property. | Link | |
| Get-OutlookSentItems | Utils\Get-OutlookSentItems.ps1 | Get emails in "Sent Items" | Link | |
| Get-OutputProducingCommand | Utils\Get-OutputProducingCommand.ps1 | Get the line(s) of code that produce an output from a function or script. | Link | |
| Get-ParamInfo | Utils\Get-ParamInfo.ps1 | Retrieve extensive parameter information about a cmdlet | Link | |
| Get-Uninstaller | Utils\Get-Uninstaller.ps1 | Function to get the uninstaller for installed software via registry (PowerShell v4 and <) or Get-Package) | Link | Link |
| Get-WIFIPassword | Utils\Get-WIFIPassword.ps1 | Get the Wifi password of stored networks using netsh. | Link | |
| Invoke-ContextMenuAction | Utils\Invoke-ContextMenuAction.ps1 | List or permforms verb actions on file system objects that show up in the context menu. | Link | |
| Invoke-HTMLPesterReport | Utils\Invoke-HTMLPesterReport.ps1 | Generate HTML report for Pester test results using ReportUnit.exe | Link | Link |
| Invoke-LegacyCommand | Utils\Invoke-LegacyCommand.ps1 | Helper to invoke legacy command with switches from PowerShell in a convenient way. Also supports pipeline input to invoke the command with arguments multiple times. | Link | |
| Invoke-Parallel | Utils\Invoke-Parallel.ps1 | Execute a scriptblock in parallel using runspaces taking pipeline input. | Link | |
| Invoke-Parser | Utils\Invoke-Parser.ps1 | Uses PowerShell's parser and returns the AST, Tokens and Errors | Link | |
| Migrate-ScheduledTask | Utils\Migrate-ScheduledTask.ps1 | Script to migrate scheduled tasks from Windows XP/Server 2003 to Windows 7/Server 2008 task scheduler | Link | |
| Monitor-Folder | Utils\Monitor-Folder.ps1 | Monitors a folder for changes using non-persistent asynchronous events | Link | |
| New-PSObject | Utils\New-PSObject.ps1 | Helper function to create PSCustomObjects based on array of names and array of properties. | Link | |
| Open-Registry | Utils\Open-Registry.ps1 | Open the regedit at the specified path similar to sysinternals regjump. | Link | |
| Restart-Process | Utils\Restart-Process.ps1 | Function to restart process(es) | Link | Link |
| Set-IPAddress | Utils\Set-IPAddress.ps1 | Set a network interfacres IPv4 address (hard coded 24bit mask) either dynamic or static including DNS settings. | Link | |
| Start-ProcessUnelevated | Utils\Start-ProcessUnelevated.ps1 | Function to start a process unelevated from an elevated command prompt | Link | |
| Generate-ScriptMarkdownHelp | PowerShellScripts\Generate-ScriptMarkdownHelp.ps1 | The function that generated the Markdown help in this repository. (see Example for usage). Generates markdown help for Github for each function containing comment based help (Description not empty) within a folder recursively and a summary table for the main README.md | Link | |
| Get-FunctionFromScript | PowerShellScripts\Generate-ScriptMarkdownHelp.ps1 | Gets the functions and filters declared within a script block or a file | Link |