Powershell filter winget upgrade

Get-Updates.ps1

# Add IDs to skip the update
$skipUpdate = @( 
    'Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.6', 
    'Microsoft.WindowsSDK',
    'Tonec.InternetDownloadManager'
)

# Define a class to represent software information
class Software {
    [string]$Name
    [string]$Id
    [string]$Version
    [string]$AvailableVersion
}

# Get the list of available upgrades using winget
$upgradeResult = winget upgrade --include-unknown

# Remove ellipsis character (Unicode 2026) and other potential problematic encodings
$upgradeResult = $upgradeResult -replace [char]0x2026, ' '  # Replace Unicode ellipsis with a space
$upgradeResult = $upgradeResult -replace '', ' '  # Replace other potential ellipsis encodings with a space

# Process the output from winget to extract software details
$upgrades = @()  # Initialize an empty array to hold software objects
$idStart = -1  # Variable to determine the start position of ID in the output line
$isStartList = 0  # Flag to determine when to start processing lines
$upgradeResult | ForEach-Object -Process {

    # Skip irrelevant lines until the header is found
    if ($isStartList -lt 1 -and -not $_.StartsWith("Name") -or $_.StartsWith("---") -or $_.StartsWith("The following packages")) {
        return
    }

    # Identify the header line and set the starting position of the ID column
    if ($_.StartsWith("Name")) {
        $idStart = $_.toLower().IndexOf("id")  # Find the starting position of the ID column
        $isStartList = 1  # Mark that we have found the header and can start processing
        return
    }

    # Skip lines that are too short to contain valid data
    if ($_.Length -lt $idStart) {
        return
    }

    # Create a new software object and extract information
    $Software = [Software]::new()
    $Software.Name = $_.Substring(0, $idStart - 1).Trim()  # Extract the name from the line
    $info = $_.Substring($idStart) -split '\s+'  # Split the rest of the line by whitespace
    $Software.Id = $info[0]  # Extract the ID
    $Software.Version = $info[1]  # Extract the current version
    $Software.AvailableVersion = $info[2]  # Extract the available version

    # Add the software object to the upgrades list
    $upgrades += $Software
}

# Display the list of upgrades in a table format
$upgrades | Format-Table

# Iterate through the list of upgrades and execute them if they are not in the skip list
$upgrades | ForEach-Object -Process {

    # Check if the current software ID is in the skip list
    if ($skipUpdate -contains $_.Id) {
        Write-Host "Skipped upgrade to package $($_.Id)"
        return
    }

    # Upgrade the software package
    Write-Host "Going to upgrade $($_.Id)"
    winget upgrade --id $_.Id --include-unknown --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements --silent
}