Interactive WinGet search, just type the index of the package to install

winget_is.ps1

function winget_is {
	param ($inName)
	$lines = winget search $inName

	# Gather indices
	$nameIdx = 0
	$nameLen = -1
	$idIdx = -1
	$idLen = -1
	$verIdx = -1
	$verLen = -1
	$firstContentRow = -1
	for ($lIdx = 0; $lIdx -lt $lines.Length; $lIdx++) {
		$l = $lines[$lIdx]
		if ($l.StartsWith("Name")) {
			$firstContentRow = $lIdx + 2;
			for ($c = 0; $c -lt $l.Length - 1; $c++) {
				$s = "$($l[$c])$($l[$($c+1)])"
				if ($s -eq "Id") {
					$idIdx = $c
					$nameLen = $idIdx - $nameIdx
				}
				elseif ($s -eq "Ve") {
					$verIdx = $c
					$idLen = $verIdx - $idIdx
				}
				elseif ($s -eq "Ma") {
					$verLen = $c - $verIdx
				}
			}
		}
	}

	# Validate indices
	$idxs = @($nameLen, $idIdx, $idLen, $verIdx, $verLen)
	$idxsOk = $true;
	foreach ($idx in $idxs) {
		$idxsOk = $idxsOk -and $($idx -gt -1)
	}

	# Extract info
	$it0 = $firstContentRow
	$it = $firstContentRow

	$packages = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[System.Object]

	if (($it -gt -1) -and ($it -lt $lines.Length - 1) -and $idxsOk) {
		for (; $it -lt $lines.Length - 1; $it++) {

			$n = $($it - $it0)
			$nStr = "$n"
			if ($n -lt 10) { $nStr = "  " + $nStr }
			if (($n -gt 9) -and $n -lt 100) { $nStr = " " + $nStr }

			$pkgName = $lines[$it].Substring($nameIdx, $nameLen)
			$pkgId = $lines[$it].Substring($idIdx, $idLen)
			$pkgVer = $lines[$it].Substring($verIdx, $verLen)
			Write-Output "$nStr)  ID: $pkgId | Ver: $pkgVer | Name: $pkgName"

			$packages.Add($pkgId.Trim());
		}

		$toInstall = Read-Host ">> Enter index of package to install"
		try { 
			$toInstallIdx = [int]$toInstall
		}
		catch {
			Write-Output "Bad index '$toInstall'."
			return;
		}

		$p = $packages[$toInstallIdx];
		Write-Output "!! Trying to install: '$p'"
		winget install --disable-interactivity -h -e --id $p
	}
	else {
		Write-Output "No package found matching input criteria: '$inName'"
	}
}