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# Pscx - PowerShell Community Extensions



This PowerShell module is aimed at providing a widely useful set of additional cmdlets, providers, aliases, filters,

functions and scripts for PowerShell that members of the community have expressed interest in.



## Release notes



See [ReleaseNotes.txt](ReleaseNotes.txt).



## Install Pscx



Pscx is hosted on the PowerShell Gallery.  You can install Pscx with the following command:



```powershell

Install-Module Pscx -Scope CurrentUser

```



You may be prompted to trust the PSGallery.  Respond with a 'y' (for yes) to proceed with the install.



If you already have installed Pscx from the PowerShell Gallery, you can update Pscx with the command:



```powershell

Update-Module Pscx

```



## Maintainers



- [Keith Hill](https://github.com/rkeithhill) - [@r_keith_hill](http://twitter.com/r_keith_hill)

- [Oisin Grehan](https://github.com/oising) - [@oising](http://twitter.com/oising)



## Included cmdlets and functions



Cmdlets and functions below are sorted by noun. As always, you can get full Powershell help including examples using `get-help [command]`



### ADObject



#### `Get-ADObject`



Search for objects in the Active Directory/Global Catalog.



### AdoCommand



#### `Invoke-AdoCommand`



Execute a SQL query against an ADO.NET datasource.



### AdoConnection



#### `Get-AdoConnection`



Create an ADO connection to any database supported by .NET on the current machine. You can enumerate available ADO.NET Data Providers with the Get-AdoDataProvider Cmdlet.



### AdoDataProvider



#### `Get-AdoDataProvider`



List all registered ADO.NET Data Providers on the current machine.



### AlternateDataStream



#### `Test-AlternateDataStream`



Tests for the existence of the specified alternate data stream from an NTFS file.



### Apartment



#### `Invoke-Apartment`



PSCX Cmdlet:



### PscxArchive



#### `Expand-PscxArchive`



Expands a compressed archive file, or ArchiveEntry object, to its constituent file(s).



#### `Read-PscxArchive`



Enumerates compressed archives such as 7z or rar, emitting ArchiveEntry objects representing records in the archive.



### Assembly



#### `Test-Assembly`



Tests whether or not the specified file is a .NET assembly.



### Base64



#### `ConvertFrom-Base64`



Converts base64 encoded string to byte array.



#### `ConvertTo-Base64`



Converts byte array or specified file contents to base64 string.



### BatchFile



#### `Invoke-BatchFile`



Invokes the specified batch file and retains any environment variable changes it makes.



### Bitmap



#### `Export-Bitmap`



Exports bitmap objects to various formats.



#### `Import-Bitmap`



Loads bitmap files.



### BitmapSize



#### `Set-BitmapSize`



Sets the size of the specified bitmap.



### Byte



#### `Format-Byte`



Displays numbers in multiples of byte units.



### BZip2



#### `Write-BZip2`



Create BZIP2 format archive files from pipeline or parameter input.



### PscxClipboard



#### `Get-PscxClipboard`



Gets data from the clipboard.



#### `Out-PscxClipboard`



Formats text via Out-String before placing in clipboard. Can also place string in clipboard as a file.



#### `Set-PscxClipboard`



Puts the specified object into the system clipboard.



#### `Write-PscxClipboard`



Writes objects to the clipboard using their string representation, bypassing the default PowerShell formatting.



### DhcpServer



#### `Get-DhcpServer`



Gets a list of authorized DHCP servers.



### DirectoryLength



#### `Add-DirectoryLength`



Calculates the sizes of the specified directory and adds that size

as a "Length" NoteProperty to the input DirectoryInfo object.



### DomainController



#### `Get-DomainController`



Gets domain controllers.



### DriveInfo



#### `Get-DriveInfo`



Gets disk usage information on the system's disk drives.



### Elevated



#### `Invoke-Elevated`



Runs the specified command in an elevated context.



### EnvironmentBlock



#### `Get-EnvironmentBlock`



Lists the environment blocks stored on the environment block stack.



#### `Pop-EnvironmentBlock`



Pops the topmost environment block.



#### `Push-EnvironmentBlock`



Pushes the current environment onto the environment block stack.



### ErrorRecord



#### `Resolve-ErrorRecord`



Resolves the PowerShell error code to a textual description of the error.



### ExecutionTime



#### `Get-ExecutionTime`



Gets the execution time for the specified Id of a command in the current

session history.



### File



#### `Edit-File`



Edits a file using a regex pattern to find text to be replaced by a specified replacement string.



### FileTail



#### `Get-FileTail`



Tails the contents of a file - optionally waiting on new content.



### FileTime



#### `Set-FileTime`



Sets a file or folder's created and last accessed/write times.



### FileVersionInfo



#### `Get-FileVersionInfo`



Gets a FileVersionInfo object for the specified path.



### ForegroundWindow



#### `Get-ForegroundWindow`



Returns the hWnd or handle of the window in the foreground on the current desktop. See also Set-ForegroundWindow.



#### `Set-ForegroundWindow`



Given an hWnd or window handle, brings that window to the foreground. Useful for restoring a window to uppermost after an application which seizes the foreground is invoked. See also Get-ForegroundWindow



### GC



#### `Invoke-GC`



Invokes the .NET garbage collector to clean up garbage objects.



### GZip



#### `Write-GZip`



Create GNU ZIP (GZIP) format files from pipeline or parameter input.



### Hardlink



#### `New-Hardlink`



Creates filesystem hard links. The hardlink and the target must reside on the same NTFS volume.



### Hash



#### `Get-Hash`



Gets the hash value for the specified file or byte array via the pipeline.



### HashObject



#### `New-HashObject`



Create a PSObject from a dictionary such as a hashtable.



### PscxHex



#### `Format-PsxHex`



System.Object[]



### Host



#### `Ping-Host`



Sends ICMP echo requests to network hosts.



#### `Resolve-Host`



Resolves host names to IP addresses.



### HostProfile



#### `Edit-HostProfile`



Opens the current user's profile for the current host in a text editor.



### HResult



#### `Resolve-HResult`



Resolves the hresult error code to a textual description of the error.



### HttpResource



#### `Get-HttpResource`



Gets an HTTP resource or optionally the headers associated with the resource.



### Junction



#### `New-Junction`



Creates NTFS directory junctions.



### PscxLocation



#### `Set-PscxLocation`



CD function that tracks location history allowing easy navigation to previous locations.



### LoremIpsum



#### `Get-LoremIpsum`



PSCX Cmdlet:



### MacOs9LineEnding



#### `ConvertTo-MacOs9LineEnding`



Converts the line endings in the specified file to Mac OS9 and earlier style line endings "\r".



### Method



#### `Invoke-Method`



Function to call a single method on an incoming stream of piped objects.



### Metric



#### `ConvertTo-Metric`



PSCX Cmdlet:



### MountPoint



#### `Get-MountPoint`



Returns all mount points defined for a specific root path.



#### `Remove-MountPoint`



Removes a mount point, dismounting the current media if any. If used against the root of a fixed drive, removes the drive letter assignment.



### MSMQueue



#### `Clear-MSMQueue`



Purges all messages from a queue



#### `Get-MSMQueue`



Returns a list of all queues matching the filter parameters



#### `New-MSMQueue`



Creates a new queue object with the defined properties



#### `Receive-MSMQueue`



Receives the first message available in the queue. This call is synchronous, and blocks the current thread of execution until a message is available.



#### `Send-MSMQueue`



Wraps an object in a Message, and places it onto the defined queue.



#### `Test-MSMQueue`



PSCX Cmdlet:



### NullCoalescing



#### `Invoke-NullCoalescing`



Similar to the C# ?? operator e.g. name = value ?? String.Empty



### Object



#### `Skip-Object`



Skips the specified objects in the pipeline.



### OpenPowerShellHere



#### `Enable-OpenPowerShellHere`



Creates the registry entries required to create Windows Explorer context

menu "Open PowerShell Here" for both Directories and Drives



### OpticalDriveInfo



#### `Get-OpticalDriveInfo`



Get information on optical drive capabilities on the local machine.



### Parameter



#### `Get-Parameter`



Enumerates the parameters of one or more commands.



### PathVariable



#### `Add-PathVariable`



Adds the specified paths to the end of the named, path-oriented environment variable.



#### `Get-PathVariable`



Gets the specified path-oriented environment variable.



#### `Set-PathVariable`



Sets the specified path-oriented environment variable.



### PEHeader



#### `Get-PEHeader`



Gets the Portable Header information from an executable file.



### PowerShell



#### `Start-PowerShell`



Starts a new Windows PowerShell process.



### Privilege



#### `Get-Privilege`



Lists privileges held by the session and their current status.



#### `Set-Privilege`



Adjusts privileges associated with a user (identity).



### Profile



#### `Edit-Profile`



Opens the current user's "all hosts" profile in a text editor.



### PSSnapinHelp



#### `Get-PSSnapinHelp`



Generates a XML file containing all documentation data.



### ReadOnly



#### `Set-ReadOnly`



Sets a file's read only status to true making it read only.



### RemoteProcess



#### `Stop-RemoteProcess`



Stops a process on a remote machine.



### ReparsePoint



#### `Get-ReparsePoint`



Gets NTFS reparse point data.



#### `Remove-ReparsePoint`



Removes NTFS reparse junctions and symbolic links.



### RunningObject



#### `Get-RunningObject`



PSCX Cmdlet:



### ScreenCss



#### `Get-ScreenCss`



Generate CSS header for HTML "screen shot" of the host buffer.



### ScreenHtml



#### `Get-ScreenHtml`



Functions to generate HTML "screen shot" of the host buffer.



### Script



#### `Test-Script`



Determines whether a PowerShell script has any syntax errors.



### Shortcut



#### `New-Shortcut`



Creates shell shortcuts.



### ShortPath



#### `Add-ShortPath`



Adds the file or directory's short path as a "ShortPath" NoteProperty to each input object.



#### `Get-ShortPath`



Gets the short, 8.3 name for the given path.



### SmtpMail



#### `Send-SmtpMail`



Sends email via specified SMTP server to specified recipients.



### Speech



#### `Out-Speech`



Outputs text as spoken words.



### String



#### `Join-PscxString`



Joins an array of strings into a single string.



#### `Split-String`



Splits a single string into an array of strings.



### Symlink



#### `New-Symlink`



Creates filesystem symbolic links. Requires Microsoft Windows Vista or later.



### Tar



#### `Write-Tar`



Create Tape Archive (TAR) format files from pipeline or parameter input.



### TerminalSession



#### `Disconnect-TerminalSession`



Disconnects a specific remote desktop session on a system running Terminal Services/Remote Desktop



#### `Get-TerminalSession`



Gets information on terminal services sessions.



#### `Stop-TerminalSession`



Logs off a specific remote desktop session on a system running Terminal Services/Remote Desktop



### Ternary



#### `Invoke-Ternary`



Similar to the C# ? : operator e.g. name = (value != null) ? String.Empty : value



### Tree



#### `Show-Tree`



Shows the specified path as a tree.



### TypeName



#### `Get-TypeName`



Get-TypeName displays the typename of the input object.



### UnixLineEnding



#### `ConvertTo-UnixLineEnding`



Converts the line endings in the specified file to Unix line endings "\n".



### PscxUptime



#### `Get-PscxUptime`



Gets the operating system's uptime and last bootup time.



### UserGroupMembership



#### `Test-UserGroupMembership`



Tests whether or not a user (current user by default) is a member of the specified group name.



### VHD



#### `Dismount-VHD`



Dismounts a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) file.



#### `Mount-VHD`



Mounts a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) file.



### ViewDefinition



#### `Get-ViewDefinition`



Gets the possible alternate views for the specified object.



### VisualStudioVars



#### `Import-VisualStudioVars`



Imports environment variables for the specified version of Visual Studio.



### VolumeLabel



#### `Set-VolumeLabel`



Modifies the label shown in Windows Explorer for a particular disk volume.



### WindowsError



#### `Resolve-WindowsError`



Resolves a Windows error number a textual description of the error.



### WindowsLineEnding



#### `ConvertTo-WindowsLineEnding`



Converts the line endings in the specified file to Windows line endings "\r\n".



### Writable



#### `Set-Writable`



Sets a file's read only status to false making it writable.



### Xml



#### `Convert-Xml`



Performs XSLT transforms on the specified XML file or XmlDocument.



#### `Format-Xml`



Pretty print for XML files and XmlDocument objects.



#### `Test-Xml`



Tests for well formedness and optionally validates against XML Schema.



### Zip



#### `Write-Zip`



Create ZIP format archive files from pipeline or parameter input.