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# OFS - special variable that contains the string to be used as the output field seperator
$OFS = '...';$array = ('first','last');[string]$array; Remove-Variable OFS
$array = ('first','last');[string]$array;

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# wrap Measure-Command in & { } for increased measuring performance
Measure-Command { & {
    $var = foreach ($i in 0..50000){
        $i
    }
}}

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git update-index --add --chmod=+x install_terraform.sh

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$a = @(
    'AWS.Tools.Common'
    'AWS.Tools.CloudFormation'
    'AWS.Tools.CloudFormation'
    'AWS.Tools.CloudWatch'
    'AWS.Tools.CostExplorer'
    'AWS.Tools.EC2'
    'AWS.Tools.Installer'
    'AWS.Tools.S3'
    'AWS.Tools.SecretsManager'

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Get-ChildItem -Filter *.ps1 | ForEach-Object {
    $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseFile($_.FullName, [ref]$null, [ref]$null)
    $ast.FindAll({ param($sa) $sa -is [System.Management.Automation.Language.FunctionDefinitionAst] }, $false) | ForEach-Object {
        # Define functions
        New-Item -Path Function:\ -Name $_.Name -Value $_.Body.GetScriptBlock()
    }
}

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The default branch has been renamed!

master is now named main

If you have a local clone, you can update it by running the following commands. 

git branch -m master main
git fetch origin
git branch -u origin/main main
git remote set-head origin -a

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#Requires –Modules PoshGram

#https://support.plex.tv/articles/201539237-backing-up-plex-media-server-data/
#https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/

# if you don't want to send yourself telegram messages the telegram portion can be removed
Import-Module -Name PoshGram
$token = '111111111:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
$chat_id = '-111111111'

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It 'should run the expected commands if an error is encountered' {
    Mock -CommandName Invoke-RestMethod {
        throw 'Fake Error'
    } #endMock
    Mock -CommandName Write-Warning { }
    Mock -CommandName Write-Error { }
    $sendTelegramContactSplat = @{
        BotToken            = $token
        ChatID              = $chat
        PhoneNumber         = $phone

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#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mock Invoke-RestMethod {
    [System.Exception]$exception = "The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."
    [System.String]$errorId = 'BadRequest'
    [Management.Automation.ErrorCategory]$errorCategory = [Management.Automation.ErrorCategory]::InvalidOperation
    [System.Object]$target = 'Whatevs'
    $errorRecord = New-Object Management.Automation.ErrorRecord ($exception, $errorID, $errorCategory, $target)
    [System.Management.Automation.ErrorDetails]$errorDetails = '{"message":"Username does not exist: [user]"}'
    $errorRecord.ErrorDetails = $errorDetails
    throw $errorRecord

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$script:mockCalled = 0
$mockInvoke = {
    $script:mockCalled++
    if ($script:mockCalled -eq 1) {
        return $false
    }
    elseif ($script:mockCalled -eq 2) {
        return $true
    }
}