EnvironmentVariableItems.psm1
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.SYNOPSIS Adds an environment variable item for given Name, Item, Scope (default; 'Process') and Separator (';') and optional Index. .EXAMPLE Add 'C:\tmp' to $env:Path user environment variable PS> Add-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Item C:\tmp -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:\tmp .EXAMPLE Insert 'C:\tmp' as first item in $env:Path user environment variable PS> Add-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Item C:\tmp -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:\tmp;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin .EXAMPLE Insert 'C:\tmp' as second last item in $env:Path process environment variable PS> Add-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Item C:\tmp -Scope Process -Index -2 -WhatIf What if: Current 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:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps New 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:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\tmp;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps .EXAMPLE PS > Add 'cake' as second item of $env:foo user environment variable PS> aevi foo cake -sc user -in 1 -se '#' -wh What if: Current Value: foo#bar#cup New Value: foo#cake#bar#cup #> function Add-EnvironmentVariableItem { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact='High')] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 0 )] [ValidatePattern("[^=]+")] [String] $Name, [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 1 )] [String] $Item, [Parameter()] [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [Parameter()] [String] $Separator = ';', [Parameter()] [int] $Index ) process { $evis = Get-EnvironmentVariableItems -Name $Name -Scope $Scope -Separator $Separator if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Index')) { $result = $evis.AddItem($Item, $Index) } else { $result = $evis.AddItem($Item) } if ($result -eq $True) { $s = GetWhatIf if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($s, '', '')){ #$evis.UpdateEnvironmentVariable() $evis.SetEnvironmentVariable($evis.Name, $evis.ToString(), $evis.Scope) $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:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps Items : {C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7, C:\WINDOWS\system32, C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem…} .EXAMPLE Get user $env:Path EnvironmentVariableItems object PS> Get-EnvironmentVariableItems -Name Path -Scope User Name : Path Scope : User Separator : ; Value : C:\tmp;C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps Items : {C:\tmp, C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps} .EXAMPLE Get user $env:foo EnvironmentVariableItems object PS> gevis foo -sc user -se '#' Name : foo Scope : User Separator : # Value : foo#cake#bar#cup Items : {foo, cake, bar, cup} #> function Get-EnvironmentVariableItems { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [String] $Name, [Parameter()] #[System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope, [Parameter()] [String] $Separator = ';' ) process { # preserve user provided Scope value before setting default $Script:ScopePreDefault = $Scope if ($null -eq $Scope) { $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process } $evis = New-EnvironmentVariableItems-Object $Name $Scope $Separator $evis.Value = $evis.GetEnvironmentVariable($Name, $Scope) $evis.SetItems($Name, $Scope, $Separator) $evis } } function GetWhatIf() { @" Current Value: $($evis.Value) New Value: $($evis.ToString()) "@ } function New-EnvironmentVariableItems-Object { param ( [String] $Name, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [String] $Separator = ';' ) process { $obj = [PSCustomObject]@{} $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod AddItem { param ( [String] $Item, [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, $Item) return $True } } else { $this.Items.add($Item) return $True } } } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod GetEnvironmentVariable { param ( [String] $Name, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process ) process { [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($Name, $Scope) } } $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod GetItems { param ( [String] $Name, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [String] $Separator = ';' ) process { $value = $this.GetEnvironmentVariable($Name, $Scope) if ($null -ne $value) {$value = $value.Trim($Separator)} $items = @() if ($null -ne $value) { $items = $value -split $Separator } $items } } # check index is within range and return (as positive value if required) $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod GetPositiveIndex { param ( [int] $Index, [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 { param ( [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 RemoveItemByItem { param ( [String] $Item ) process { if (($this.Items.IndexOf($Item)) -ge 0) { $this.Items.Remove($Item) } else { Write-Host Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Item $Item not found" Write-Host return $False } } } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod SetItems { param ( [String] $Name = $this.Name, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = $this.Scope, [String] $Separator = $this.Separator ) process { $this.Items = [System.Collections.ArrayList] @($this.GetItems($Name, $Scope, $Separator)) } } $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod ShowIndex { process { Write-Host if ($null -eq $Script:ScopePreDefault) { $this.ShowIndexForScope([System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine) $this.ShowIndexForScope([System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User) $this.ShowIndexForScope([System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process) } else { $this.ShowIndexForScope($this.Scope) } Write-Host Write-Host } } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod ShowIndexForScope { param ( [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope ) process { Write-Host $Scope $items = @($this.GetItems($this.Name, $Scope, $this.Separator)) for ($i = 0; $i -lt $items.count; $i++) { Write-Host -ForegroundColor Blue "${i}: $($items[$i].ToString())" } Write-Host } } -Force $obj | Add-Member ScriptMethod SetEnvironmentVariable { param ( [String] $Name, [String] $Value, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process ) process { [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($Name, $Value, $Scope) $this.Value = $Value } } $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 -NotePropertyName Name -NotePropertyValue $Name $obj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName Scope -NotePropertyValue $Scope $obj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName Separator -NotePropertyValue $Separator $obj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName Value -NotePropertyValue $Item $items = [System.Collections.ArrayList]@() $obj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName Items -NotePropertyValue $items return $obj } } <# .SYNOPSIS Removes an environment variable item for given Name, Item and Scope (default; 'Process') and Separator (';') and optional Index. .EXAMPLE Remove 'C:\tmp' from $env:Path user environment variable PS> Remove-EnvironmentVariableItem -Name path -Item 'C:\tmp' -Scope User -WhatIf What if: Current Value: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\tmp;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 user environment variable 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 Remove second item from $env:foo user environment variable PS> sevis foo Machine 0: mat#mop User 0: foo#cake#bar#cup Process 0: foo#cake#bar#cup PS> sevis foo -sc user -se '#' User 0: foo 1: cake 2: bar 3: cup PS> revi foo -in 1 -sc user -se '#' Confirm Are you sure you want to perform this action? Current Value: foo#cake#bar#cup New Value: foo#bar#cup [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): y Name : foo Scope : User Separator : # Value : foo#bar#cup Items : {foo, bar, cup} PS> sevis foo Machine 0: mat#mop User 0: foo#bar#cup Process 0: foo#cake#bar#cup PS> $env:foo foo#cake#bar#cup PS> [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('foo', 'User') foo#bar#cup #> function Remove-EnvironmentVariableItem { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact='High')] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory, Position = 0 )] [ValidatePattern("[^=]+")] [String] $Name, [Parameter( Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'ByItem', Position = 1 )] [String] $Item, [Parameter( ParameterSetName = 'ByIndex', Position = 1, Mandatory )] [int] $Index, [Parameter()] [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [Parameter()] [String] $Separator = ";" ) process { $evis = Get-EnvironmentVariableItems -Name $Name -Scope $Scope -Separator $Separator if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'ByIndex') { $result = $evis.RemoveItemByIndex($Index) -ne $False } elseif ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'ByItem') { $result = $evis.RemoveItemByItem($Item) -ne $False } if ($result -ne $False) { $s = GetWhatIf if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($s, '', '')){ #$evis.UpdateEnvironmentVariable() $evis.SetEnvironmentVariable($evis.Name, $evis.ToString(), $evis.Scope) $evis } } else { return } } } <# .SYNOPSIS Show indexed list of environment variable items for given Name, Scope and Separator (default: ';'). Omitting Scope parameter shows list for all, ie., Machine, User and Process. .EXAMPLE Show $env:PSModulePath items PS> Show-EnvironmentVariableItems PSModulePath Machine 0: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules 2: N:\lib\pow\mod User 0: H:\lib\pow\mod Process 0: C:\Users\michaelf\Documents\PowerShell\Modules 1: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\Modules 2: c:\program files\powershell\7\Modules 3: H:\lib\pow\mod 4: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules 5: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules 6: N:\lib\pow\mod .EXAMPLE Show PSModulePath system variable items PS> Show-EnvironmentVariableItems PSModulePath -Scope Machine Machine 0: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules 1: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules 2: N:\lib\pow\mod .EXAMPLE Show system, user and process items for $env:TMP environment variable PS> Show-EnvironmentVariableItems TMP Machine 0: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP User 0: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Temp Process 0: C:\Users\michaelf\AppData\Local\Temp #> function Show-EnvironmentVariableItems { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [String] $Name, [Parameter()] #[System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget] $Scope, [Parameter()] [String] $Separator = ';' ) process { if ($null -eq $Scope) { $evis = Get-EnvironmentVariableItems -Name $Name -Separator $Separator } else { $evis = Get-EnvironmentVariableItems -Name $Name -Scope $Scope -Separator $Separator } $evis.ShowIndex() } } New-Alias -Name aevi -Value Add-EnvironmentVariableItem New-Alias -Name gevis -Value Get-EnvironmentVariableItems New-Alias -Name revi -Value Remove-EnvironmentVariableItem New-Alias -Name sevis -Value Show-EnvironmentVariableItems Export-ModuleMember -Alias * -Function * |