Search and open folders in Typora (with powershell)

snoit.ps1

#snoit.ps1
#snoit stands for 'search n open in typora'

#### For Linux
# $typora_path = 'typora'


#### For Windows
$typora_path = 'C:\Program Files\Typora\typora.exe'

function welcome_message{
    Write-Host "[Open folder in Typora]"
    Write-Host " "
}
function search_return_open {
    #prompt for search string
    Write-Host "(-2 to Clear-Host)" -ForegroundColor Gray
    [string]$search_string = Read-Host -Prompt "Search folder"
    Write-Host " "

    #Check user input for $search_string
    if($search_string.Length -eq 0){
        Write-Host "Nothing was inputted" -ForegroundColor Red
        Write-Host " "
        return
    }elseif($search_string -eq -2){
        Clear-Host
        welcome_message
        return
        
    }

    #get results' full paths into an array
    $folder_result=@()
    $folder_result+=Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Directory |
                    Where-Object -Property Name -Like "*$search_string*" |
                    Select-Object -expandproperty FullName
    
    #Check $folder_result
    if ($folder_result.count -eq 0){
        Write-Host "No results" -ForegroundColor Red
        Write-Host " "    
        return
    }
    
    ### print search result along their index numbers ###
    $script_current_folder = Get-Location | Split-Path -Leaf
    $current_dir_name_length = $script_current_folder.Length

    for ($i = 0; $i -le ($folder_result.length - 1); $i++) {
        $path_string = $folder_result[$i]
        $leaf_path = Split-Path $path_string -Leaf
        $truncated_path_to_print = $path_string.Substring($path_string.IndexOf($script_current_folder)+$current_dir_name_length)

        Write-Host $i : $leaf_path -ForegroundColor Yellow
        Write-Host ".${truncated_path_to_print}"
        Write-Host " "
    }
    
    #prompt for folder to open
    Write-Host "(-1 to search again)" -ForegroundColor Gray
    Write-Host "(-2 to Clear-Host)" -ForegroundColor Gray
    $index_number =Read-Host -Prompt "index number N "
    Write-Host " "
    $folder_to_open_path = $folder_result[$index_number]

    ### Handling user input of $index_number ###
    
    #reject if string is inputted
    try{
        [int]$index_number = $index_number
    } 
    catch{
        Write-Host "String not allowed`n" -ForegroundColor Red
        return
    }

    #sentinel quit/launch folder/invalid index number
    if($index_number -eq -2){
        Clear-Host
        welcome_message
    }elseif($index_number -eq -1){
        Write-Host "going back to search" -ForegroundColor Red
        Write-Host " "
    } elseif ($index_number -lt $folder_result.length){ 
        & $typora_path $folder_to_open_path | out-null #launch target folder in typora
        Clear-Host
        welcome_message
    } else {
        Write-Host "Invalid index number" -ForegroundColor Red
        Write-Host " "
    }
    
}

welcome_message
while (1) {
    search_return_open
}

I have a lot of folders and I need a quick way to search a certain folder and open it in typora

I wrote this PowerShell script to do just that

tested in both Windows and Linux