spells.md

Spells

Change the console color

$host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = "Black"; Clear-Host

Replace multiple spaces with a comma

$text = 'Hello          World'; $text -replace '\s\s+', ","

Rename a folder using the Move method

[System.IO.Directory]::Move('C:\Test\FolderName','C:\Test\FolderNewName')

Match with regex

"One line `rSecond line" -match '(^\r*)'

Start a process maximized

Start-Process notepad.exe  -WindowStyle Maximized

Wait for process to finish

while ((Get-Process Code -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {Start-Sleep 5}

Print an array with commas separating each element

[String]::Join(',', $array)

Recursive folder list

Get-ChildItem "C:\Foo" -recurse | Where-Object {$_.Attributes -eq 'Directory'}

Monitor a file in real time (Unix tail equivalent)

Get-Content -Path 'C:\crazy.log' -Tail 10 -Wait

Display the help for all the parameters

Get-Help -Name Get-Process -Parameter *

Use the PowerShell Registry Provider

Set-Location HKLM:

Replace the first occurrence

[regex]$pattern = "Cloud"; $pattern.replace("Cloud is the best option", "Azure", 1)

Recursively case-insensitive search for text in files

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter *.cs | Select-String -Pattern "someText"

Transfer data to or from the web (like cURL)

Invoke-RestMethod https://www.powershellgallery.com/

Create a symbolic link

New-Item -Path C:\LinkDir -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value F:\RealDir

Download a PowerShell module offline

Save-Module -Name Az -Path '\\server\share\AzModuleOffline' -Force

Two commands in the same line

$Service = 'w32time'; Get-Service -Name $Service