Public/Get-TypeAccelerator.ps1
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function Get-TypeAccelerator { <# .SYNOPSIS Get available type accelerators. .DESCRIPTION Get available type accelerators. These can be useful when trying to find or remember the different type accellerators that are available to use in PowerShell. .PARAMETER Name The name of a specific type accelerator to get. .EXAMPLE Get-TypeAccelerator -Name ADSI .EXAMPLE Get-TypeAccelerator -Name ps* Get all type accelerators that begin with the string "ps". .NOTES Author: Sam Erde Version: 0.0.3 Modified: 2024/10/29 Thanks to Jeff Hicks (@JDHITSolutions) for helpful suggestions and improvements on this output! Change Log: Removed the grid view option to allow user flexibility in how they want to output the results. To Do: Add a way to filter/search the 'type' property. #> [CmdletBinding(HelpUri = 'https://day3bits.com/PSPreworkout/Get-TypeAccelerator')] [OutputType('System.Array')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseConsistentIndentation', '', Justification = 'Fighting with VS Code autoformatting.')] param ( # Parameter help description [Parameter(Position = 0, HelpMessage = 'The name of the type accelerator, such as "ADSI."')] [SupportsWildcards()] [string] $Name = '*' ) $TypeAccelerators = ([PSObject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::Get).GetEnumerator() | Where-Object { $_.Key -like $Name } | ForEach-Object { # Create a custom object to store the type name and the type itself. [PSCustomObject]@{ PSTypeName = 'PSTypeAccelerator' PSVersion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion Name = $_.Key Type = $_.Value.FullName } } $TypeAccelerators } |