String and file helpers

Helpers.ps1

function Select-UniqueChildrenWithStringPattern {
	param($path, $pattern)
	Get-ChildItem $path -Recurse | 
		Select-String -Pattern $pattern  | 
		Select-Object Path | 
		Get-Unique
}

function String-ReplaceRecursive {
	param($path, $pattern, $replaceValue)
	(Select-UniqueChildrenWithStringPattern $path $pattern) |
	% { 
		$content = Get-Content -path $_.Path 
		$content  | % {	$_ -replace $pattern , $replaceValue } | Set-Content $_.Path
	}
}

function Copy-ItemRecursiveWithExcludes{
	param($source, $dest, $exclud)
	
	Get-ChildItem $source -Recurse -Exclude $exclude | 
	Copy-Item -Destination {Join-Path $dest $_.FullName.Substring($source.length)}
}

#Examples
#String-ReplaceRecursive . "..\\src\\" "..\BuildOutput\"
#Copy-ItemRecursiveWithExcludes . "C:\scratch\" @('*.svn','*.zip')