Dave Carroll thedavecarroll

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thedavecarroll / SearchADDnsRecord.psm1

Last active January 8, 2024 16:09

This simple PowerShell script module uses a custom class and Get-ADObject to search an Active Directory-integrated DNS Zone by name or partial name.

	#Requires -Version 5.1
	#Requires -Module ActiveDirectory

	$script:ADRootDSE = Get-ADRootDSE

	class ADDnsNode {

	# AD Object Properties
	[String]$Name
	[String]$CanonicalName

thedavecarroll / PracticeChallenge.ps1

Created February 1, 2021 15:50

Scripting Challenge Meetup

	$Splatting = Get-Help about_Splatting
	$SortByWordCount = $Splatting -Split('\W+') \| Where-Object {$_ -ne 'the'} \| Group-Object \| Sort-Object -Property Count -Descending
	$Splatting \| Select-Object Name,
	@{l='NumberOfWords';e={$_.ToString() \| Measure-Object -Word \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty Words}},
	@{l='TopWord';e={$SortByWordCount[0].Name}},@{l='TopWordCount';e={$SortByWordCount[0].Count}},
	@{l='Top5Words';e={($SortByWordCount.Name \| Select-Object -First 5) -join ','}}

thedavecarroll / Part1-ConvertTo-ClassDefinition.ps1

Last active May 30, 2023 13:35

Creating a Class Definition from an Existing Object - Ironscripter Challenge

	#Requires -Version 5.1

	function ConvertTo-ClassDefinition {
	param(
	[Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
	[object]$Object,

	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
	[string]$ClassName,

thedavecarroll / 1-Measure-PSCodeLine.ps1

Last active June 24, 2020 14:35

IronScripter Challenge - June 9, 2020 - Building a PowerShell Command Inventory

	function Measure-PSCodeLine {
	[CmdLetBinding()]
	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline)]
	[ValidateScript({Test-Path -Path $_})]
	[string]$Path
	)
	$TotalLines = $CodeLines = 0
	$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse -Include .ps1,.psm1 -File
	$Files \| Foreach-Object {

thedavecarroll / OAuthParameters.class.ps1

Last active June 5, 2020 03:31

PowerShell 7 Class for OAuth 1

	#requires -version 7.0

	class OAuthParameters {
	[string]$HttpMethod
	[String]$BaseUri
	[hashtable]$Query
	[System.UriBuilder]$UriBuilder
	[string]$UnescapedQueryString
	[string]$EscapedQueryString
	[object]$Body

thedavecarroll / ValidateTwoLetterRegionName.ps1

Created May 18, 2020 17:19

Validate Two Letter Region Names with PowerShell

	$TwoLetterISORegionNames = Get-Culture -ListAvailable \|
	Foreach-Object {
	try { [System.Globalization.RegionInfo]::new($_.Name) }
	catch {}
	} \|
	Select-Object -ExpandProperty TwoLetterISORegionName \| Sort-Object -Unique

	'US','CA','UK' \| % { $_ -in $TwoLetterISORegionNames ? '{0} is valid' -f $_ : '{0} is not valid' -f $_ }

thedavecarroll / Get-NetworkUsage.ps1

Last active May 13, 2020 05:17

IronScripter Challenge - April 27, 2020 - Building a Network Usage PowerShell Monitor

	function Get-NetworkUsage {
	[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='Default')]
	param(
	[string]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
	[int]$WarnSentBytes = 10000,
	[Parameter(ParameterSetName='Default')]
	[int]$MaxSamples = 5,
	[Parameter(ParameterSetName='Default')]
	[int]$SampleInterval = 1,
	[Parameter(ParameterSetName='Default')]

thedavecarroll / 1 - Get-IntermediateCountingChallenge .ps1

Created May 11, 2020 23:06

IronScripter Challenge - May 11, 2020 - A PowerShell Counting Challenge

	# Intermediate Challenge
	# Create a PowerShell function to get the sum and average of every X number between 1 and a user specified maximum

	function Get-IntermediateCountingChallenge {
	param(
	[int]$Step,
	[int]$Max
	)

	$NumberArray = for ($i = 1; $i -le $Max; $i = $i + $Step) { $i }

thedavecarroll / markdown.json

Created May 11, 2020 19:16

Markdown Snippet for Visual Studio Code

	{
	// insert markdown links
	"Insert Link" : {
	"prefix": "link",
	"body": [
	"[text][text]{:target=\"_blank\"}"
	]
	},
	"Insert Reference" : {
	"prefix": "ref",

thedavecarroll / DemoModule.psd1

Last active July 26, 2020 16:58

PowerShell 7 Experimental Features Demo

	@{

	RootModule = 'DemoModule.psm1'

	ModuleVersion = '0.7.0'

	CompatiblePSEditions = 'Core'
	GUID = 'a007643e-c876-4806-b6cb-367963716e98'
	Author = 'Dave'
	CompanyName = 'thedavecarroll'

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	$Splatting = Get-Help about_Splatting
	$SortByWordCount = $Splatting -Split('\W+') \| Where-Object {$_ -ne 'the'} \| Group-Object \| Sort-Object -Property Count -Descending
	$Splatting \| Select-Object Name,
	@{l='NumberOfWords';e={$_.ToString() \| Measure-Object -Word \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty Words}},
	@{l='TopWord';e={$SortByWordCount[0].Name}},@{l='TopWordCount';e={$SortByWordCount[0].Count}},
	@{l='Top5Words';e={($SortByWordCount.Name \| Select-Object -First 5) -join ','}}

	$TwoLetterISORegionNames = Get-Culture -ListAvailable \|
	Foreach-Object {
	try { [System.Globalization.RegionInfo]::new($_.Name) }
	catch {}
	} \|
	Select-Object -ExpandProperty TwoLetterISORegionName \| Sort-Object -Unique

	'US','CA','UK' \| % { $_ -in $TwoLetterISORegionNames ? '{0} is valid' -f $_ : '{0} is not valid' -f $_ }