PowerShelf - PowerShell Scripts

PowerShell tools for various tasks implemented as scripts, mostly standalone.

Script List

• Add-Debugger.ps1 - Adds a script debugger to PowerShell.
• Add-Path.ps1 - Adds a directory to an environment path variable.
• Assert-SameFile.ps1 - Compares the sample and result files.
• Debug-Error.ps1 - Enables debugging on terminating errors.
• Expand-Diff.ps1 - Expands git diff into directories "a" and "b".
• Export-Binary.ps1 - Exports objects using binary serialization.
• Format-Chart.ps1 - Formats output as a table with the last chart column.
• Format-High.ps1 - Formats output by columns with optional custom item colors.
• Import-Binary.ps1 - Imports objects using binary serialization.
• Invoke-Environment.ps1 - Invokes a command and imports its environment variables.
• Invoke-Ngen.ps1 - Invokes the Native Image Generator tool (ngen.exe).
• Invoke-PowerShell.ps1 - Invokes PowerShell of the currently running version.
• Measure-Command2.ps1 - Measure-Command with several iterations and progress.
• Measure-Property.ps1 - Counts properties grouped by names and types.
• Save-NuGetTool.ps1 - Downloads a NuGet package and extracts /tools.
• Set-ConsoleSize.ps1 - Sets the current console size, interactively by default.
• Show-Color.ps1 - Shows all color combinations, color names and codes.
• Show-Coverage.ps1 - Converts to HTML and shows script coverage data.
• Show-SolutionDgml.ps1 - Generates and shows the solution project graph.
• Submit-Gist.ps1 - Submits a file to its GitHub gist repository.
• Sync-Directory.ps1 - Syncs two directories with some interaction.
• Test-Debugger.ps1 - Tests PowerShell debugging with breakpoints.
• Trace-Debugger.ps1 - Provides script tracing and coverage data collection.
• Update-Gist.ps1 - Updates or creates a gist file using Invoke-RestMethod.
• Watch-Command.ps1 - Invokes a command repeatedly and shows its one screen output.
• Watch-Directory.ps1 - File change watcher and handler.

Get Scripts

The scripts are distributed as two NuGet packages:

• PowerShelf (all scripts).
• NuGetDebugTools (debugging).

Download them by NuGet tools or directly:

• PowerShelf
• NuGetDebugTools

Save as ".zip" and unzip. Use the package subdirectory "tools".

Or, using downloaded on the fly Save-NuGetTool.ps1, download and unzip:

# PowerShelf
Invoke-Expression "& {$((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nightroman/PowerShelf/master/Save-NuGetTool.ps1'))} PowerShelf"

# NuGetDebugTools
Invoke-Expression "& {$((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nightroman/PowerShelf/master/Save-NuGetTool.ps1'))} NuGetDebugTools"