midnightfreddie’s gists

midnightfreddie / FirstWeekdayAfterWeekday.ps1

Created November 8, 2017 19:45

Returns a date object of the first weekday of the month following another weekday, e.g. first Monday after Friday. In reply to https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/7bda01/calculate_first_monday_after_first_friday_of/

	function Compare-WeekDays {
	# Return days between weekdays
	param (
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[System.DayOfWeek]$Minuend,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[System.DayOfWeek]$Subtrahend
	)
	# In case they change how many days are in a week :)
	$DaysInWeek = [System.Enum]::GetNames('System.DayOfWeek').Count

midnightfreddie / ExportRegistry.ps1

Created November 8, 2017 05:08

Export remote registry in the same fashion as RegEdit's export function. In reply to https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/7bht8c/exporting_registries/

	function Export-Registry {
	Param (
	$ComputerName = "iis",
	$Key = "hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall",
	$LocalPath = "."
	)

	$DateText = (Get-Date -Format s) -replace ':', '-'
	$FileName = "$DateText-$ComputerName.reg"

midnightfreddie / ConColors.ps1

Last active November 7, 2017 08:12

midnightfreddie / Specific-Get-Service-v2.ps1

Last active October 18, 2017 22:46

	$Services = @(
	"netlogon"
	"spooler"
	)
	$Computers = @(
	"."
	"iis"
	)

	Get-Service -Name $Services -ComputerName $Computers -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue \|

midnightfreddie / SkipNullValuesInChart.ps1

Last active October 14, 2017 19:36

	$test = 5, 4, 5, $null, 4, 8, 3, 5, 4

	$chartdatasource = $test \| ForEach-Object {
	Write-Output @{ Value = $PSItem }
	}


	# load the appropriate assemblies
	[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“System.Windows.Forms”)
	[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization”)

midnightfreddie / New-RandomPassword.ps1

Created October 6, 2017 19:01 — forked from dotps1/New-RandomPassword.ps1

Create a new random password with powershell, specify length, upper case, lower case, numbers, symbols. all are ASCII mapped arrays.

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Creates random password string of length 1 to 100.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Creates random password with ability to choose what characters are in the string and the length, the symbols can be specificlly defined.
	.EXAMPLE
	New-RandomPassword -Length 8 -Lowercase
	In this example, a random string that consists of 8 lowercase charcters will be returned.
	.EXAMPLE
	New-RandomPassword -Length 15 -Lowercase -Uppercase -Numbers -Symbols

midnightfreddie / lemonade_stand.bas

Created May 12, 2017 14:31 — forked from badvision/lemonade_stand.bas

Lemonade stand (Applesoft basic)

midnightfreddie / InvokeDice.ps1

Last active April 24, 2018 04:15

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Roll dice
	.DESCRIPTION
	Given a role-playing description of dice, e.g. "2d6", return an object
	with the randomly rolled results
	.EXAMPLE
	Invoke-Dice 2d6
	.EXAMPLE
	Invoke-Dice 2d6 -Bonus 3

midnightfreddie / psISEfontTest.ps1

Created December 24, 2016 22:44

The script I used to automate font and size testing on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0oKmXYMnbc

	###############################
	### Font and size info here ###
	###############################

	9..32 \| ForEach-Object {
	$Size = $PSItem
	"Lucida Console", "Consolas" \| ForEach-Object {
	$psISE.Options.FontSize = $Size
	$psISE.Options.FontName = $PSItem
	$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Files.SelectedFile.Editor.SetCaretPosition(2,1)

midnightfreddie / JekyllHelper.ps1

Last active December 13, 2016 21:06

A couple of quickie functions to generate filename and front matter for Jekyll posts for copy/paste

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Generates file name and front matter scaffolding for a Jekyll post.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Given a post title string, creates file name and front matter for a Jekyll
	post using the current date and time. Optionally creates the file in the
	.\_posts directory or designated -Path\_posts or -PostsPath.
	.EXAMPLE
	New-JekyllPost "Title of the new post"
	.EXAMPLE

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