Pscx

4.0.0-beta4

PowerShell Community Extensions (PSCX) base module which implements a general purpose set of Cmdlets.

Minimum PowerShell version

5.0

This is a prerelease version of Pscx.

Installation Options

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Install-Module -Name Pscx -AllowPrerelease

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Install-PSResource -Name Pscx -Prerelease

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Owners

Copyright

(c) 2006 - 2020 Keith Hill, Oisin Grehan, and contributors

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Keith Hill Oisin Grehan and contributors

Tags

Windows Utilities Xml Zip Clipboard Base64 ShortPath PEHeader

Cmdlets

Add-PathVariable ConvertFrom-Base64 ConvertTo-Base64 ConvertTo-MacOs9LineEnding ConvertTo-Metric ConvertTo-UnixLineEnding ConvertTo-WindowsLineEnding Convert-Xml Disconnect-TerminalSession Edit-File Expand-PscxArchive Export-Bitmap Format-Byte Format-PscxHex Format-Xml Get-PscxADObject Get-AdoConnection Get-AdoDataProvider Get-PscxClipboard Get-DhcpServer Get-DomainController Get-DriveInfo Get-EnvironmentBlock Get-FileTail Get-FileVersionInfo Get-ForegroundWindow Get-Hash Get-HttpResource Get-LoremIpsum Get-MountPoint Get-OpticalDriveInfo Get-PathVariable Get-PEHeader Get-Privilege Get-PscxUptime Get-PSSnapinHelp Get-ReparsePoint Get-RunningObject Get-ShortPath Get-TerminalSession Get-TypeName Import-Bitmap Invoke-AdoCommand Invoke-Apartment Join-PscxString New-Hardlink New-Junction New-Shortcut New-Symlink Out-PscxClipboard Ping-Host Pop-EnvironmentBlock Push-EnvironmentBlock Read-PscxArchive Remove-MountPoint Remove-ReparsePoint Resolve-Host Send-SmtpMail Set-BitmapSize Set-PscxClipboard Set-FileTime Set-ForegroundWindow Set-PathVariable Set-Privilege Set-VolumeLabel Skip-Object Split-String Stop-TerminalSession Test-AlternateDataStream Test-Assembly Test-Script Test-UserGroupMembership Test-Xml Write-BZip2 Write-PscxClipboard Write-GZip Write-Tar Write-Zip

Functions

Add-DirectoryLength Add-ShortPath Edit-Profile Edit-HostProfile Enable-OpenPowerShellHere Get-ExecutionTime Get-PscxHelp Get-Parameter Get-PropertyValue Get-ScreenCss Get-ScreenHtml Get-ViewDefinition Import-VisualStudioVars Invoke-BatchFile Invoke-Elevated Invoke-GC Invoke-Method Invoke-NullCoalescing Invoke-Ternary New-HashObject Out-Speech PscxHelp PscxLess QuoteList QuoteString Resolve-ErrorRecord Resolve-HResult Resolve-WindowsError Search-Transcript Set-Writable Set-ReadOnly Show-Tree Start-PowerShell Stop-RemoteProcess Set-PscxLocation Dismount-PscxVHD Mount-PscxVHD

PSEditions

Desktop

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

4.0.0-beta4 - January 8, 2022

* Remove Windows specific commands: *-MSMQueue

4.0.0-beta3 - January 2, 2022

* Updated Import-VisualStudioVars to support Visual Studio 2022. Thanks @weloytty (Bill Loytty)!

4.0.0-beta2 - October 22, 2020

* Renamed less function to PscxLess.
* Renamed help function to PscxHelp.
* Renamed prompt function to PscxPrompt.
* Renamed Get-ADObject to Get-PscxADObject.
* Renamed Get-Help to Get-PscxHelp.
* Renamed Mount/Dismount-VHD to Mount/Dismount-PscxVHD.

* Changed Pscx to only override the built-in help function if PageHelpUsingLess Pscx.UserPreference is $true
* Changed default value of Pscx.UserPreference to be $true only on PowerShell v5.

4.0.0-beta1 - October 17, 2020

BREAKING CHANGES - PLEASE READ
* Migrate to .NET 4.61
* Renamed Expand-Archive to Expand-PscxArchive and Read-Archive to Read-PscxArchive.
* Renamed Set-LocationEx to Set-PscxLocation.
* Renamed all *-Clipboard commands to *-PscxClipboard
* Renamed Format-Hex command to Format-PscxHex.
* Renamed Get-Uptime to Get-PscxUptime.
* Renamed Join-String to Join-PscxString.

* Removed redefinition of the cd alias
* Removed the gcb alias that now conflicts with the built-in gcb alias
* Removed ?? alias to avoid conflict with ?? operator in PS 7.
* Removed ?: alias since PS 7 now implements a true ternary operator.

* Fixed Expand-PscxArchive help topic to remove references to the Format parameter - this parameter does not exist.
* Changed help function to default to displaying Full help details.

3.3.2 - January 16, 2018

* Fix Edit-File does not respect TextEditor property [#48](https://github.com/Pscx/Pscx/issues/48)

3.3.1 - October 12, 2017

* Fix Import-VisualStudioVars - Select-VSSetupInstance ignores VS 2017 Build Tools by default [#36](https://github.com/Pscx/Pscx/issues/36)
# Fix Import-VisualStudioVars - VS 2015 Build Tools do not have VsDevCmd.bat [#37](https://github.com/Pscx/Pscx/issues/37)
# Fix Import-VisualStudioVars fails when workload for VC is not installed [#41](https://github.com/Pscx/Pscx/issues/41)

3.3.0 - September 5, 2017

* Fix issues with CD functionality not working on PowerShell Core.
* Updated Import-VisualStudioVars to support Visual Studio 2017.

FileList

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
4.0.0-beta4 (current version) 19,485 1/8/2022
4.0.0-beta3 66 1/2/2022
4.0.0-beta2 2,679 10/22/2020
4.0.0-beta1 57 10/18/2020
3.3.2 1,186,993 1/17/2018
3.3.1 11,710 10/13/2017
3.3.0 2,811 9/6/2017
3.2.2 34,342 6/30/2016
3.2.1.0 4,757 7/29/2015
3.2.0.0 1,337 10/24/2014
3.1.0.0 15,112 4/17/2014
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