ps-xutilities

PsxUtility

Extended Utilities for PowerShell

v1.0.14

What is PsxUtility?

PxsUtility is a project for creating extended Utilities for PowerShell wrapping common functionality on xUtility module. This module is available for download from the PowerShell Gallery or from NPM Registry

Available Utilities

• [x] Retry Block with Retry Policy Cmdlet
  • Invoke-ScriptBlockWithRetry
  • New-RetryPolicy
• [x] Execution block with Expiring Cache Cmdlets.
  • Add-ExpiringCacheItem
  • Get-ExpiringCacheItem
  • Remove-ExpiringCacheItem
• [x] Custom and Extensible Prompt.
  • Set-Prompt
• [x] Window Title Cmdlets.
  • Set-Title
• [x] Window Transparency Cmdlet.
  • Set-ConsoleTransparency
• [x] Window Resizing Cmdlet.
  • Get-WindowSize
  • Set-WindowSize
• [x] Admin Detection and Elevation.
  • Test-AdminRights
  • Invoke-PSCommand
• [x] Enable symbolic link behavior.
  • Set-SymbolicLinkBehavior
• [x] General utilities.
  • Start-SublimeText
• [x] Display formatting cmdlets: Coloring words, rows
  • New-ConsoleColorSet
  • Out-ColorFormat
• [ ] Automatic module updates, Additional Package Manager(?)

How to get it:

• xUtility in the PowerShell Gallery

PS> Install-Module -Name xUtility
PS> Import-Module -Name xUtility

• xUtility in the NPM Registry via PsModuleRegister also found on NPM

PS> npm install -g psmoduleregister
PS> psmoduleregister --install ps-xutilities
PS> Import-Module -Name xUtility

TO DO Items:

• Report upstream logging/analytics from all cmdlets
• Evaluate upstream use for config hive to store and customize values

Additional features will be added over time