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Gets the newest version of each module on the system.
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Gets the newest version of each module on the system.
.DESCRIPTION
Gets the newest version of each module on the system. Designed for PowerShell 5.0 where you can have multiple versions of the same module in different directories or in the same directory (in different version subdirectories). Returns only one version of each module.
.EXAMPLE
$LatestModules = .\Get-LatestModule.ps1
.NOTES
===========================================================================
Created with: SAPIEN Technologies, Inc., PowerShell Studio 2015 v4.2.99
Created on: 12/27/2015 2:22 PM
Created by: June Blender
Organization: SAPIEN Technologies, Inc.
Filename: Get-LatestModule.ps1
===========================================================================
#>
# Holds path to latest version of the module on the system
$one = $many = $LatestModules = @()
$nameGroups = Get-Module -ListAvailable | Group-Object Name
$nameGroups | ForEach-Object {
if ($_.count -eq 1)
{
$one += $_
}
else
{
$many += $_
}
}
$LatestModules = $one.Group
$many | ForEach-Object {
$LatestModules += ($_.group | Sort-Object -Property Version -Descending)[0]
}
return $LatestModules
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