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Kieranties / gifterm.ps1

Last active June 26, 2019 18:52

Hacky script to set gifs as the background to the new Windows Terminal => iwr http://bit.ly/gifterm | iex

	<#
	iwr http://bit.ly/gifterm \| iex
	$env:gifq='cats and dogs'; iwr http://bit.ly/gifterm \| iex
	#>
	using namespace System.IO

	param(
	[string]$Query = ($env:gifq),
	[string]$QueryRoot = 'https://giphy.com/search'
	)

Kieranties / config

Last active August 22, 2019 09:42

Git Next - Simple alias for presenting when using a git repo - https://blog.kieranties.com/2019/04/06/git-next

	[alias]
	start = "!f() { \
	baseTag='1'; \
	startTag=$1; \
	selectedTag=${startTag:-${baseTag:-startTag}}; \
	git reset --hard $selectedTag; \
	git clean -df; \
	git tag -l $selectedTag -n999; \
	}; f"
	next = "!f() { \

Kieranties / Write-HostExample.ps1

Last active October 8, 2021 01:15

Write information messages in PowerShell that support colors (like Write-Host) but always honors the context `$InformationPreference variable - https://blog.kieranties.com/2018/03/26/write-information-with-colours

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	A simple example of Write-Host
	#>

	# Displays the message
	Write-Host -Object 'Hello'

	# Try to silence directly
	Write-Host "Still shown :-(" -InformationAction SilentlyContinue

Kieranties / Newguid.ps1

Last active November 4, 2016 11:19

Get a new guid on your clipboard quickly

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Creates a guid of a specified format and writes to the clipboard

	.EXAMPLE
	PS> NewGuid

	Write a new guid to your clipboard
	e.g. 8a3c4316-5865-405d-94b7-5992446b12ce

Kieranties / vnextTest.ps1

Created April 8, 2015 14:46

Test availability of vNext package

	$feedStub = "http://www.myget.org/F/{0}/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?Id='{1}'"
	$package = "Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Roslyn"
	$feeds = @("aspnetmaster", "aspnetvnext")
	$feeds \| % { Invoke-RestMethod -uri ($feedStub -f $_, $package) } \| select -ExpandProperty properties \| select version

	<#
	Output

	Version
	-------

Kieranties / Install-IEVM.psm1

Last active August 29, 2015 14:05

Quick and dirty function to download VMs from http://Modern.ie and trigger extraction

	<#
	.EXAMPLE
	Get the "Batch File Download" address for the (Hyper-V) VM of your choice from https://modern.ie/en-gb/virtualization-tools#downloads
	PS> $source = "https://az412801.vo.msecnd.net/vhd/VMBuild_20141027/HyperV_2012/IE11/Windows/IE11.Win7.For.Windows.HyperV_2012.txt"
	PS> $destination = (mkdir "$env:USERPROFILE\downloads\vms" -Force) # or use default
	PS> Install-IEVM $source $destination -import # Will import to default locations
	#>
	Function Install-IEVM {
	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]

Kieranties / Invoke-FillDB-Examples.ps1

Last active December 22, 2016 14:26

Simple script to execute commands against the FillDB page in Sitecore 7.2

	# Example of running Invoke-FillDB.ps1

	# Additional files to download
	$downloads= @(
	"http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42698/42698-0.txt",
	"http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42705/pg42705.txt",
	"http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42710/pg42710.txt",
	"http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42700/42700-0.txt",
	"http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42706/42706-0.txt"
	)

Kieranties / Copy-ItemWithPath

Last active August 29, 2015 13:56

Copy-ItemWithPath - Copy files while retaining a folder structure

	Function Copy-ItemWithPath {
	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
	[Alias("FullName")]
	[string[]]$item,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1)]
	[string]$destination,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=2)]
	[string]$root
	)

Kieranties / Pushover-Fib.ps1

Last active April 12, 2018 23:53

PS-Pushover Examples

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Calculate a high Fibonnachi number and send a Pushover message
	#>
	Import-Module PS-Pushover

	Start-Job -ScriptBlock {

	$current = $previous = 1;
	while ($current -lt 1000000000) {

Kieranties / Import-CsvToMongo.ps1

Last active August 16, 2017 19:19

A quick and dirty way of getting data from a csv into MongoDB. Knocked together for #NHTG13

	<#
	.NOTES
	You'll need the excellent C# driver: http://docs.mongodb.org/ecosystem/drivers/csharp/
	#>
	Add-Type -Path "c:\mongodb\bin\MongoDB.Bson.dll"
	Add-Type -Path "c:\mongodb\bin\MongoDB.Driver.dll"

	Function Import-CsvToMongo{
	param($path, $dbUrl, $collection, $matchCol) #matchCol is used as a lookup to check if entry is to be added or updated