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table2am.ps1

using namespace System.Management.Automation.Language
function table2am {
    <#
        format-table sugar that knows not to format if you're assigning to a variable.
        it will automatically switch to Select-Object when assigned.
        also tries to figure out if it's the last command in the pipeline otherwise it will default to Select-Object.
        only implemented Property param atm, just testing it out for fun.

        Set-Alias -Name ft -Value table -Force
        to override default ft alias you need -Force.
    #>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
        [object] $InputObject,
        [Parameter(Position = 0)]
        [object[]] $Property,
        [Switch] $AutoSize
    )
    begin {
        $ast = ([Parser]::ParseInput($MyInvocation.Line, [ref]$null, [ref]$null)).EndBlock.Statements[0]
        if ($ast.operator) {
            # assigned to variable, use Select-Object
            $PSBoundParameters.Remove('AutoSize')
            $step = { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Select-Object @PSBoundParameters }.GetSteppablePipeline()
        }
        else {
            $lastcmd = $ast.PipelineElements[-1].commandElements[0].Value
            $lastcmdInfo = $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.GetCommand($lastcmd,'All')
            if ($MyInvocation.MyCommand -in @($lastcmdInfo,$lastcmdInfo.ResolvedCommand)) {
                #last command in pipeline is format-table, proceed.
                $step = { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Format-Table @PSBoundParameters }.GetSteppablePipeline()
            }
            else {
                <#
                last command in the pipeline is something else,
                someone is deliriously drunk and trying to format the output while piping to other commands
                Use Select-Object.
                #>
                Write-Debug "You are drunk, goto bed, you cant pipe Format-Table to $lastcmdInfo / $( $lastcmdInfo.ResolvedCommand )"
                $PSBoundParameters.Remove('AutoSize')
                $step = { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Select-Object @PSBoundParameters }.GetSteppablePipeline()
            }
        }
        $step.Begin($PSCmdlet)
    }
    process {
        $step.Process($InputObject)
    }
    end {
        $step.End()
    }
}