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dfinke / CountryLoopup.ps1

Created November 27, 2013 16:15

Use a PowerShell hash table/associative array to translate a country abbreviation to its full name.

	$CountryLookup = [ordered]@{
	"AD"="ANDORRA"
	"AE"="UNITED ARAB EMIRATES"
	"AF"="AFGHANISTAN"
	"AG"="ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA"
	"AI"="ANGUILLA"
	"AL"="ALBANIA"
	"AM"="ARMENIA"
	"AO"="ANGOLA"
	"AQ"="ANTARCTICA"

dfinke / Find-GuidUsage.ps1

Last active July 15, 2024 09:25

Developers use GUIDs in there code. This PowerShell function takes a path, looks for C# files and searches (greps) for a GUID pattern. `Find-GuidUsage c:\<Your Code>`

	function Find-GuidUsage {
	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	$path,
	$filter="*.cs"
	)

	$GuidPattern = "({\|$)?[A-Fa-f0-9]{8}-([A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-){3}[A-Fa-f0-9]{12}(}\|$)?"

	dir $path -Recurse $filter \|

dfinke / ConvertTo-PigLatin.ps1

Last active January 1, 2016 09:49

Write-Output Merry Christmas And Happy New Year | ConvertTo-PigLatin

	function ConvertTo-PigLatin {
	param(
	[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
	[string[]]$string
	)

	Process {
	$r += $(foreach($s in $string) {

	if(Write-Output b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z -eq $s[0]) {

dfinke / Invoke-Thesaurus.ps1

Created February 15, 2014 15:33

	function Invoke-Thesaurus {
	param(
	$Word='Thesaurus',
	$FilterCategory
	)

	$language='en_US'
	$key='<get key here http://thesaurus.altervista.org/mykey>'
	$result="json"

dfinke / Get-GithubEvent.ps1

Created May 10, 2014 14:04

Use PowerShell to list GitHub events that a user has received

	function Get-GithubEvent {

	param($userId,$Password)

	function Get-GitHubAuthHeaders {

	param($userId,$Password)

	$authInfo = "$($userId):$($Password)"
	$authInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($authInfo))

dfinke / Get-GithubEmojis.ps1

Created June 21, 2014 12:28

Download Github Emojis Using PowerShell Workflow

	workflow Get-GithubEmojis {

	param($TargetPath="c:\temp\emojis")

	if(!(Test-Path -Path $TargetPath)) {
	$null= New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $TargetPath
	}

	$emojis = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.github.com/emojis

dfinke / Get-TimeStamp.ps1

Created July 23, 2014 13:04

`Get-TimeStamp -Yesterday -ToClipboard` - Example, copy a TS to the clipboard, using it to name files

	function Get-TimeStamp {
	param(
	[Switch]$Yesterday,
	[Switch]$ToClipboard
	)

	$date = Get-Date

	if($Yesterday) {
	$date = $date.AddDays(-1)

dfinke / Edit-NewIseFile.ps1

Last active July 15, 2024 09:24

Create a new PowerShell script, with correct encoding and edit it in ISE

	function Edit-NewIseFile {
	param(
	[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
	$Filename,
	[Switch]$AddFunction
	)

	Process {
	$content=""

dfinke / CFSBuddy.ps1

Created September 17, 2014 14:37

PowerShell v5.0 ConvertFrom-String Buddy - A GUI that helps you work with this new powerful cmdlet

	#Requires -Version 5.0.9814.0

	if(!($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 5 -and $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Build -ge 9814)) {

	"Sorry you need PSVersion 5.0.9814.0 or newer"
	$psversiontable
	return
	}

	Add-Type -AssemblyName presentationframework

dfinke / GetOutlookMessages.ps1

Last active October 31, 2016 10:42

Uses COM to Look at yesterdays messages for a particular outlook account. Reporting Date, Subject and # Of Attachments

	$email = '[email protected]'
	$targetDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-1).ToString("d") # yesterday

	if(Get-Process outlook -ErrorAction Ignore) {
	return "Please stop Outlook and re-run"
	}

	Write-Progress -Activity "Outlook" -Status "Connecting"
	if($script:outlook -eq $null) { $script:outlook = new-object -com outlook.application }

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