EnvironmentVariableItems.psm1
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.SYNOPSIS Adds an environment variable for given Name, Value, Scope (default; 'Process') and Separator (';') and optional Index. .EXAMPLE Add 'C:\foo' to $env:Path variable PS> Add-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Value c:\foo -Scope User -WhatIf What if: Current Value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin New value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;c:\foo .EXAMPLE Insert 'C:\foo' as first item in $env:Path variable PS> Add-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Value c:\foo -Scope User -Index 0 -WhatIf What if: Current Value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin New value: c:\foo;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin .EXAMPLE Insert 'C:\foo' as second last item in $env:Path variable PS> Add-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Value c:\foo -Scope User -Index -2 -WhatIf What if: Current Value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin New value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;c:\foo;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin .EXAMPLE Add 'cake' as last item of $env:foo in current process PS> Get-EnvironmentVariable -Name foo -Scope User Name : foo Value : foo#bar#cup Scope : User ValueType : String BeforeExpansion : PS> aevi foo cake -Separator '#' -whatif What if: Current Value: foo#bar#cup New value: foo#bar#cup#cake #> function Add-EnvironmentVariableItem { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact='High')] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 0 )] [ValidatePattern("[^=]+")] [String] $Name, [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 1 )] [String] $Value, [Parameter()] [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [Parameter()] [String] $Separator = ';', [Parameter()] [int] $Index ) process { $evis = Get-EnvironmentVariableItems $Name $Scope $Separator if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Index')) { $result = $evis.AddItem($Value, $Index) } else { $result = $evis.AddItem($Value) } if ($result -eq $True) { $s = GetWhatIf if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($s, '', '')){ $evis.UpdateEnvironmentVariable() $evis } } else { return } } } <# .SYNOPSIS Gets an EnvironmentVariableItems object for a given Name, Scope (default; 'Process') and Separator (';'). .EXAMPLE Get current process $env:Path EnvironmentVariableItems object PS> Get-EnvironmentVariableItems -Name Path Name : Path Scope : Process Separator : ; Value : C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1. 0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin Items : {C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7, C:\WINDOWS\system32, C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem…} .EXAMPLE Show index of items in $env:PSModulePath system variable PS> (gevis PSModulePath -Scope Machine).ShowIndex() 0: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules 2: N:\lib\pow\mod #> function Get-EnvironmentVariableItems { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [String] $Name, [Parameter()] [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [Parameter()] [String] $Separator = ';' ) process { New-EnvironmentVariableItems-Object $Name $Scope $Separator } } function GetWhatIf() { @" Current Value: $([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($Name, $Scope)) New value: $($evis.ToString()) "@ } function New-EnvironmentVariableItems-Object { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [String] $Name, [Parameter()] [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [Parameter()] [String] $Separator = ';' ) process { #$value = ([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($Name, $Scope)).Trim($Separator) $value = ([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($Name, $Scope)) if ($null -ne $value) {$value = $value.Trim($Separator)} $items = [System.Collections.ArrayList]@() if ($null -ne $value) { [System.Collections.ArrayList] $items = $value -split $Separator } $obj = [PSCustomObject]@{ Name = $Name Scope = $Scope Separator = $Separator Value = $Value Items = $items } $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod AddItem { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 0 )] [String] $Value, [Parameter()] [int] $Index ) process { if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Index')) { # Add 1 to items count reflecting length after addition if (($ind = $this.GetPositiveIndex($Index, $this.Items.count + 1)) -is [int]) { $this.Items.insert($ind, $Value) return $True #} else { # return $False } } else { $this.Items.add($Value) return $True } } } -Force # check index is within range and return (as positive value if required) $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod GetPositiveIndex { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 0 )] [int] $Index, [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 1 )] [int] $ItemsCount ) if ($Index -lt $ItemsCount -and $(-($Index) -le $ItemsCount)) { if ($Index -lt 0) { $ItemsCount + $Index } else { $Index } } else { Write-Host Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Index $Index is out of range" Write-Host } } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod RemoveItemByIndex { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [int] $Index ) process { if (($ind = $this.GetPositiveIndex($Index, $this.Items.count)) -is [int]) { $this.Items.RemoveAt($ind) } else { return $False } } } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod RemoveItemByValue { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 0 )] [String] $Value ) process { if (($this.Items.IndexOf($Value)) -ge 0) { $this.Items.Remove($Value) } else { Write-Host Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Value $Value not found" Write-Host return $False } } } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod ShowIndex { process { Write-Host for ($i = 0; $i -lt $this.Items.count; $i++) { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Blue "${i}: $($this.Items[$i].ToString())" } Write-Host Write-Host } } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod ToString { $s = '' for ($i = 0; $i -lt $this.Items.count; $i++) { if ($i) { $s += $this.Separator} $s += $this.Items[$i] } $s } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod UpdateEnvironmentVariable { $this.Value = $this.ToString() [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($this.Name, $this.Value, $this.Scope) } -Force return $obj } } <# .SYNOPSIS Removes an environment variable for given Name, Value and Scope (default; 'Process') and Separator (';') and optional Index. .EXAMPLE Remove 'c:\foo' from $env:Path variable PS> Remove-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Value 'c:\foo' -Scope User -WhatIf What if: Current Value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;c:\foo;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin New value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin .EXAMPLE Remove last item from $env:Path PS> Remove-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Scope User -Index -1 -WhatIf What if: Current Value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin New value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps .EXAMPLE Show index and remove second item from $env:foo variable in the current process PS> (gevis foo -Separator '#').ShowIndex() 0: foo 1: cake 2: bar 3: cup PS> revi foo -Index 1 -Separator '#' -WhatIf What if: Current Value: foo#cake#bar#cup New value: foo#bar#cup #> function Remove-EnvironmentVariableItem { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact='High')] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 0 )] [ValidatePattern("[^=]+")] [String] $Name, [Parameter( Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'ByValue', Position = 1 )] [String] $Value, [Parameter( ParameterSetName = 'ByIndex', Position = 1, Mandatory )] [int] $Index, [Parameter()] [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [Parameter()] [String] $Separator = ";" ) process { $evis = Get-EnvironmentVariableItems $Name $Scope $Separator if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'ByIndex') { $result = $evis.RemoveItemByIndex($Index) -ne $False } elseif ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'ByValue') { $result = $evis.RemoveItemByValue($Value) -ne $False } if ($result -ne $False) { $s = GetWhatIf if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($s, '', '')){ #Set-EnvironmentVariable -Name $Name -value $evis.ToString() -scope $Scope | Out-Null $evis.UpdateEnvironmentVariable() $evis } } else { return } } } New-Alias -Name aevi -Value Add-EnvironmentVariableItem New-Alias -Name gevis -Value Get-EnvironmentVariableItems New-Alias -Name revi -Value Remove-EnvironmentVariableItem Export-ModuleMember -Alias * -Function * |