A curated list of Powershell functions and filters wrapped into a module. Over 225 functions/filters.
To install the module run the following command:
Install-Module PoshFunctions
Copy the PoshFunctions folder into one of the folders specified in the $env:PSMODULEPATH folders.
To display the paths enter the following command.
$env:PSMODULEPATH
To display in a way better understood by you the human:
$env:PSMODULEPATH -Split ';'
Or you can save it to a variable
$ModPath = $env:PSMODULEPATH -Split ';'
Then you can reference a particular path
$ModPath[1]
To import the module enter the following command
Import-Module -Name PoshFunctions
For the functions themselves see Functions folder.
Name Synopsis
---- --------
Compare-ObjectProperty Compares two objects property by property.
Compare-ObjectSetComplement Compares 2 arrays of strings and returns The SET COMPLEMENT of the arrays
Compare-ObjectSetDifference Compares 2 arrays of strings and returns The SET DIFFERENCE of the arrays
Compare-ObjectSetIntersection Compares 2 arrays of strings and returns The SET INTERSECTION of the arrays
Compare-ObjectSetUnion Compares 2 arrays of strings and returns The SET UNION of the arrays
Compare-PSGalleryObject Compares the installed module(s) or script(s) that have been installed from
PowerShellGallery.com
ConvertFrom-Base64 Convert from a Base64 string to normal string
ConvertFrom-Binary Convert an string or string array from binary to an integer
ConvertFrom-DateTime Converts a datetime into a datetime represented in a different format.
ConvertFrom-FsRight To convert a [uint32] FileSystemRight value into a human readable form
ConvertFrom-Hex Convert an string or string array from hexadecimal to an integer
ConvertFrom-HexString Convert a hex string or array of hex string to text
ConvertFrom-HtmlEncode Converts a URL encoded string back into a normal string
ConvertFrom-RomanNumeral Converts a roman numeral to a number.
ConvertFrom-UrlEncode Converts a URL encoded string back into a normal string
ConvertFrom-UTC Converts a datetime from UTC to local time
ConvertFrom-XML Convert XML to an object
Convert-HexToRGB Converts Hex to RGB values
Convert-Int32ToUint32 Converts int32 values to uint32 values
Convert-Int64ToText Convert integer to English text
Convert-ObjectToHashtable Takes a single object and converts its properties and values into a hashtable.
Convert-RGBToHex Converts an RGB color string to hex equivalent
Convert-SecureStringToString Converts a SecureString value back to a plaintext string
ConvertTo-Base64 ConvertTo-Base64 converts a normal string to a base 64 string
ConvertTo-Binary Convert an integer or array of integers to binary
ConvertTo-BinaryIPv4 Converts a Decimal IP address into a binary format.
ConvertTo-Bool Parse a string and convert it to a Boolean
ConvertTo-DateTime Converts a formatted date string back into a datetime datatype.
ConvertTo-DecimalIPv4 Converts a Dotted Decimal IP address into a 32-bit unsigned integer.
ConvertTo-DottedDecimalIPv4 Returns a dotted decimal IP address.
ConvertTo-Hex Convert an integer or array of integers to hexadecimal
ConvertTo-HexString Convert a string or array of string to hex strings
ConvertTo-HtmlEncode To encode plaintext using [Web.HttpUtility]::HtmlEncode()
ConvertTo-OrderedDictionary Converts a HashTable, Array, or an OrderedDictionary to an OrderedDictionary.
ConvertTo-RomanNumeral Converts a number to a Roman numeral.
ConvertTo-UncPath A simple function to convert a local file path and a computer name to a network
UNC path.
ConvertTo-UrlEncode To encode plaintext using [Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode()
ConvertTo-UTC Converts a datetime from local time to UTC
Convert-UserFlag Converts a userflag enumeration to a human readable list of attributes about an
AD object.
Copy-Object To copy an object to standard output
Eexit Closes the transcript, and exits the PowerShell session
Expand-IPV6 Takes an abbreviated IPv6 string and expands it fully
Expand-String Expanding a string expression. Can handle Powershell string expressions or
Environment variable expansion.
Expand-Tab To expand tab characters to spaces
Export-CSVSortedColumn Sorts the column names alphabetically and exports to csv
Export-FontSample Exports an HTML file containing sample text formatted in all the fonts installed on
the current system.
Format-MacAddress Function to cleanup a MACAddress string
Format-RandomCase Formats a string character by character randomly into upper or lower case.
Format-ReverseString To reverse a string, or an array of strings
Format-ReverseToken To reverse a string that is broken into tokens by a delimiter
Format-SortedList Creates a formatted list with properties sorted alphabetically
Format-TitleCase Get the last day of the month given the year as an integer, and the month as
an integer
Format-WrapText Wraps text at a particular column width
Get-ArpTable Gets the dynamic entries in the arp table and parses them into IPAddress and
MACAddress
Get-Assoc Displays file extension associations
Get-BashPath To take a normal Windows path and convert it to a bash path for things like git bash.
Get-BinaryType Gets the binary executable type for a given set of files
Get-CeasarCipher Shifts letters in string by a certain number of positions. Default shift is 13
characters or the classic ROT13.
Get-ComputerSite Determines the Active Directory site of a specified computername(s). Relies on
nltest.exe that comes with Windows
Get-ComputerUptime To mimic and extend the Get-ComputerUptime function found in PowerShell 6 or 7
Get-ConsoleWindowSize Gets the current the window size and buffer size of the current console window
Get-DiceRoll Simulates rolling gaming dice
Get-DiskType A quick function to determine what type of local disk a computer has
Get-DisplayBrightness To get the current brightness of the display
Get-DNSHostEntryAsync Performs a DNS Get Host asynchronously
Get-DriveStat To get statistics on drives on a particular server or servers.
Get-DuplicateFileName To find duplicate file names within a given folder
Get-Enum To get the static values of enum datatypes
Get-ErrorInfo Returns errors in a concise object
Get-ExecutableForFile Given a file, determine what program is associated with file.
Get-Factorial Determine the factorial of a given integer value
Get-FileEncoding To get the file encoding of a file
Get-FileName Gets a filename through the native OpenFileDialog. Can select a single file or
multiple files.
Get-FileSizeOnDisk Powershell script to get file size and size on disk of all files in a directory.
Get-FileWithLeadingSpace To find files that begin with a space character
Get-FolderName Gets a foldername through the native OpenFileDialog.
Get-Font Gets the fonts currently loaded on the system
Get-Fortune Display a short quote
Get-Ftype Displays file types used in file extension associations
Get-InvalidFileCharacter Gets invalid filename characters
Get-IpRange Given a subnet in CIDR format, get all of the valid IP addresses in that range.
Get-IpV4Network Given a subnet in CIDR format, get all of the valid IP addresses in that range.
Get-LastDayInMonth Get the last day of the month given the year as an integer, and the month as
an integer
Get-List Returns an array given an indeterminate number of command line arguments.
Get-LongName To get the longname of a provided shortname (8.3) of a file or folder
Get-MachineType A quick function to determine if a computer is VM or physical box.
Get-MacVendor Resolve MacAddresses To Vendors
Get-Magic8Ball Get one of the answers from the magic 8 ball.
Get-Md5Sum To calculate an Md5Sum for a file
Get-MyLocalLogonTime Gets local logon time for the current user
Get-NetworkCredential Returns a [System.Net.NetworkCredential] given a passed [PSCredential] parameter
Get-NTFSPermission To get permission information on a specified Path or folder name
Get-NtpDate To get the time from an NTP server
Get-Power Provides exponentian
Get-PrintableAscii Gets an array of objects that show printable Ascii characters.
Get-PrivateProfileComment To get comments from an .ini file
Get-PrivateProfileSection To get data out of an .ini file
Get-PrivateProfileSectionNames To get the section names out of an .ini file
Get-PrivateProfileString To get data out of an .ini file
Get-ProcessUser Get a list of processes and the user context that they run under. By default excluded
system tasks
Get-PSWho Get PowerShell user summary information
Get-RandomDate Gets a random date
Get-RandomHexDigit Gets a random hex digit, or a string of hex digits
Get-RandomMacAddress Gets a random sequence of 12 hexadecimal digits
Get-RegExpandString Retrieves a null-terminated string that contains unexpanded references to environment
variables (REG_EXPAND_SZ) from local or remote computers.
Get-RegistryValue Get the values from a specified registry key
Get-RelativePath Get a relative path to a specified list of paths relative to a specified path
Get-Round Correctly rounds a number. Optionally can specify the number of digits to round to.
Get-SaveFileName Gets a filename through the native SaveFileDialog.
Get-ScheduledTaskUser Get a list of scheduled tasks and the user context that they run under. By default
excluded system tasks
Get-ServiceUser Get a list of services and the user context that they run under. By default excluded
services running as system
Get-Shortcut Get information about a Shortcut (.lnk file)
Get-ShortName To get the shortname 8.3 of a file or folder
Get-SID To get the SID of a specified domain user passed as either an (email) or
(domain,username)
Get-SpecialFolder Gets special folder name location
Get-SqlDatabase Get list of SQL databases
Get-SqlIndexFragmentation Get SQL Index Fragmentation
Get-SqlStoredProcedure Get SQL Stored Procedures
Get-StaticProperty To list the static properties of a .NET class
Get-String Returns a string given an indeterminate number of command line arguments.
Get-StringHash To calculate a hash for provided strings
Get-SubnetMaskIPv4 Gets a dotted decimal subnet mask given the number of bits in the mask
Get-TruncatedDate To truncate a date at a given level
Get-Type Get exported types in the current session
Get-TypeAccelerator Gets type accelerators
Get-UrlContent To get the HTML content of a specified URL
Get-VssadminListVolumes Runs 'vssadmin.exe list volumes' and parses the output into objects
Get-VssadminListWriters Runs 'vssadmin.exe list writers' and parses the output into objects
Get-WordCount Gets summary statistics of all the words and how many of each there are
Get-WordList Returns a list of over 38,000 words.
Invoke-Beep Uses the Beep function of the .Net [Console] class
Invoke-CountdownTimer Invokes a countdown timer
Invoke-SoundPlayer Use the SoundPlayer in Powershell. Can be synchronous or asynchronous.
Invoke-Speak Use the speech synthesizer in Powershell. Can be synchronous or asynchronous. Option
for random voice.
Join-Object Combines two object lists based on a related property between them.
Lock-Workstation Locks the workstation
Measure-Char To count the number of times a character appears in a string, or an array of strings.
Merge-Object Returns a 'clean' array of objects that have all property names in each element of
the array
mklink mklink calls out to the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and creates a link
Move-ToRecycleBin Instead of outright deleting a file, why not move it to the Recycle Bin?
New-ColorPicker Present a dialog to the user and allow them to select or define a color. User can
choose how the color will be returned.
New-Credential Returns a [PSCredential] given a passed UserName, and either a string 'Password' or
a securestring 'SecureString'
New-DatePicker Provides a GUI representation of a calendar where you select a date. Click OK or
press [Enter] to return the date selected. If click Cancel or press [Esc] $null
is returned.
New-FontPicker Present a dialog to the user and allow them to select a font and its characteristics
New-Inputbox Display a Visual Basic style inputbox.
New-InputBoxSecureString Provides a GUI text entry box to enter a string and convert it to a securestring
New-MessageBox New-Popup will display a message box. If a timeout is requested it uses Wscript.Shell
PopUp method. If a default button is requested it uses the ::Show method from
'Windows.Forms.MessageBox'
New-PFDateFormat Returns a [psobject] with a [datetime] in multiple other formats
New-QR Create New Quick Response Code
New-RandomPassword Creates a new random password
New-ScreenShot To take a screenshot and save it to a file.
New-Shortcut This script is used to create a shortcut.
Optimize-SqlIndexFragmentation Optimize SQL Index Fragmentation
Optimize-SqlStoredProcedure Optimize SQL Stored Procedures
Out-PDFToPrinter To print a .PDF to the default printer
Read-HostWithDefault A wrapper for Read-Host that includes a default value. Optionally can provide
a prompt.
Remove-EmptyProperty To take an object and return only non-empty properties
Remove-QuotesFromCsv Removes quotes from a CSV data set. Can optionally set $Delimiter to another
character.
Remove-TeamsCache Removes the data that is in the Teams cache for the current user
Reset-Desktop Forces a reset of the desktop
Resolve-FQDN Resolves a hostname or IPv4 address to a fully qualified domain name
Resolve-HostName Resolves a hostname to an IPv4 address.
Set-Capslock Sets the state of the CapsLock button.
Set-Display Set-Display turns the display on or off via energy saver api. Can also set display
brightness
Set-Numlock Sets the state of the NumLock button. If you pass $true to function it will turn on
NumLock.
Set-PrivateProfileComment To place comment(s) in an .ini file. Comments are lines that begin with a
semicolon ';'.
Set-PrivateProfileString To set data in an .ini file
Set-Scrolllock Sets the state of the ScrollLock button.
Set-SpeakerVolume Sets the speaker volume.
Set-WindowState
Set-WindowStyle To control the behavior of a window
Show-AllColor Shows all console colors
Show-Calendar Displays a visual representation of a calendar.
Show-Color Show-Color displays the names and values of the console colors
Show-ColorsWithBackground Show-ColorsWithBackground displays all combinations of foreground/background of the
console colors.
Show-DaysOfWeek Shows the days of the week
Show-FileAttribute Shows the available file attributes
Show-FsRight To list all potential file system rights
Show-Month Shows the months
Show-NamedColor Shows all named colors
Show-Object Takes an object and displays a new window containing the object, and you can drill
down on its properties.
Show-Progress Show progress as items pass through a section of the pipline
Show-ShortDaysOfWeek Show short days of the week
Show-ShortMonth Shows short month
Show-SubnetMaskIPv4 Show IPv4 subnet masks
Show-Timezone Show timezone information
Split-CanonicalName To split a CanonicalName string line by into its constituent parts which are
separated by a /
Split-DistinguishedName To split a DistinguishedName string line by into its constituent parts which are
separated by a comma
Split-Line To split a string line by line and return a string array
Start-ADReplication Forces replication to occur between domain controllers in domain.
Start-RecordSession Creates a transcript of current Powershell session
Stop-RecordSession Stops the running transcript
Switch-Mute Toggles speaker mute
Test-ConnectionAsync Performs a ping test asynchronously
Test-CSVFormat Verifies the format of CSV file and that each row has the same number of fields as
the header row
Test-IsAdmin Determines if you are running elevated (as Administrator)
Test-IsCapsLock Determines if the CapsLock key is on or not
Test-IsDate Tests to see if the specified string is a valid [datetime] string
Test-IsFileLocked Determine if a file is locked.
Test-IsHexString Tests to determine if a string is a valid hexadecimal number. Can optionally include
a prefix of '0x' or '#'
Test-IsLocalIPv4 Tests to determine if a specified IPv4 address is LOCAL or REMOTE (must be sent to
default gateway). Aliased to 'Test-IsLocalIP'
Test-IsNull Given a passed [string] tests to determine if .IsNullOrEmpty() or
.IsNullOrWhitespace(), with .IsNullOrEmpty() being the default
Test-IsNumeric Determines if specified string can be parsed to a number
Test-IsNumLock Determines the state of NumLock
Test-IsScrollLock Sets the state of the ScrollLock button. If you pass $true to function it will turn
on ScrollLock.
Test-IsValidEmailAddress Tests validity if specified string is an email address.
Test-IsValidIPv4 Verifies if passed parameter is a valid IP v4 address
Test-IsValidIPv6 Verifies if passed parameter is a valid IP v6 address
Test-MultipleBool Takes multiple bool values and applies a boolean operator against them to get an
answer
Test-Network Wrapper function for Get-IpRange, Test-ConnectionAsync, and Get-DNSHostEntryAsync to
give summary table of ip addresses that either resolve to a host name or respond to
a ping
Test-NtpDateVsNow To test whether local time and NTP time fall within a particular tolerance
Test-Password To validate credentials and return a boolean
Test-PasswordComplexity Tests a password for length and password complexity
Test-Port Tests a Port or a range of ports on a specific ComputerName(s).
Test-Set Compares 2 arrays of strings and determines if they are EQUAL, SUBSET, SUPERSET,
or UNEQUAL
Update-ExplorerIcon Updates Explorer icons
Use-Stopwatch Uses a stopwatch datatype found in module. Can get stopwatch status, start, stop,
reset, or restart.
Write-SelectStatement From a single object with named properties it will write out a select statement that
will join array elements.
Write-StringArray Takes [string] or [string[]] input and writes the code that would create a string
array with that information.
Write-StringHash Takes [hashtable] input and writes the code that would create a hashtable with that
information.
Write-TextMenu Creates the logic for a new simple text based menu. Originally published as script
New-TextMenu in the PowerShellGallery