#powershell fun

[bynkii]

Script To Download the Current Version of PowerShell

One of the annoying things about well, any software is checking to see if you have the currrent version. This is a thing with PowerShell, and because the PowerShell team in its finite wisdom has decided to not just have a “latest stable/lts/preview” url, we have to figure this out manually. It’s not too bad though, fortunately, the PowerShell team gives us a good way to check and a bit of simple…

[bynkii]

A script to dump data out of the macOS logging system: https://github.com/johncwelch/Get-ULSDump It creates a series of .tsv files, one per subsystem. I like TSVs, they're easy to import into Excel, sifting data is a thing Excel is kind of good at. #powershell #powershell-mac #powershell-macOS

[bynkii]

Fun with variable scopes in PowerShell

So variable scopes. This can be fun, or really, quite maddening. My latest project is bridging PowerShell to AppleScript’s Choose File. Most of it has been easy, but the hard part has been the “of type” parameter, because it’s big. Like my current list uses around 1300 file extensions and file types to generate a list of Type Identifiers that can be use with “of type” because Type Identifiers are…

[bynkii]

PowerShell version of Rich Trouton's "Listing and downloading available macOS installers..." script

The original shell version is here: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2023/06/30/listing-and-downloading-available-macos-installers-using-apples-softwareupdate-tool/#more-12084. The basics are simple: use the sofwareupdate command to display a list of available updates for a given Mac and let the user pick the one they want to download. This doesn’t install it, just downloads them. Because I…

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[josh-atwell]

More #PoshFun - Join Us!

The popularity and fun I've been having with creating pseudo #powershell scripts has started to spread.  Not only am I writing more of them every day but I'm seeing many others as well.  Recently Cody Bunch and I spat a few back and forth and it looks like we've settled on the Twitter hashtag of #PoshFun for these little scripts.  I figured I might as well post some of the more recent ones.  I have a feeling I'll be doing this periodically.  Since I want there to be a "learning" element to this I'll try to find clever ways of demonstrating PowerShell functionality when I am able.  In the end I'm going to go where geek culture and humor take me.  I invite you to join in!  Post your #PoshFun in the comments and on twitter with the #PoshFun hashtag!

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Get-Rings | where{$_.rule -eq "all" -and $_.findthem -eq $true} | Bring-All | Bind-All -destination "Darkness"

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$thelove = (get-feeling).type

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Get-Dork | where{$_.name -match "Josh"}

Courtesy of my wife :)

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Get-Jungle "The" | Write-Host "Welcome to $_"

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Hey-Sister -Size "Little" | Get-One "Want" | Hey-Sister -Size "Little" | Write-Host "Shot gun!"

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 Get-Restaurant -Location (Get-Universe -Location "End")

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 #BrownBag #PoshFun

if ( $vcp -ne 5) { Get-BrownBag -location "http://bit.ly/z3ugke" -time "7PM CST"}

From Cody Bunch

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$timetilbrownbag = (Get-Date "1/26/2012 1am") - (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime()

[josh-atwell]

More #PowerShell Fun - Star Wars

It's become a little joy of mine to make up funny cmdlets.  These are not actual scripts that you can run but mainly a demonstration of ways you can describe the world with PowerShell

Get-DeathStar | Get-Target -Type "ExhaustVent" | Where{$_.Size -like "WompRat"} | Set-Fire -Type "NotImpossible"

Another new classic.

$search = Get-Droids | Where{$_ -notnear $jedi} ` If($search -eq $null){Move-Along}

Sometimes when I write #PowerShell, I use the -force

P.S.

I would also like to share a little script I found today and inspired me to publish these one-liners today.  Thanks for the contribution Zach (@WIDBA)!

http://widba.blogspot.com/2011/09/quoting-star-wars-out-loud-on-your-pc.html

[josh-atwell]

Get-Breakfast | Where{$_.Style -match "hungry|man"} | Set-Bacon -Type "Thick" -Flavor "Applewood Smoked" -Cooked "Crispy"

Making Breakfast the #PowerShell way

[josh-atwell]

$size = Get-Objects -Size Regular if($mirror -eq "Rearview"){ $appear = $size + 1 Set-Objects -Size $appear | where($appear -gt $size) }

If Everyone Knew PowerShell