Public/Get-TypeAccelerator.ps1
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function Get-TypeAccelerator { <# .SYNOPSIS Get available type accelerators. .DESCRIPTION Get available type accelerators. These can be useful when trying to find or remember the different type accelerators that are available to use in PowerShell. .PARAMETER Name The name of a specific type accelerator to get. .EXAMPLE Get-TypeAccelerator -Name ADSI .EXAMPLE Get-TypeAccelerator -Name ps* Get all type accelerators that begin with the string "ps". .NOTES Thanks to Jeff Hicks (@JDHITSolutions) for helpful suggestions and improvements on this output! #> [CmdletBinding(HelpUri = 'https://day3bits.com/PSPreworkout/Get-TypeAccelerator')] [OutputType('Object[]')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseConsistentIndentation', '', Justification = 'Fighting with VS Code autoformatting.')] param ( # Parameter help description [Parameter(Position = 0, HelpMessage = 'The name of the type accelerator, such as "ADSI."')] [SupportsWildcards()] [string] $Name = '*' ) # Send non-identifying usage statistics to PostHog. Write-PSPreworkoutTelemetry -EventName $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name -ParameterNamesOnly $MyInvocation.BoundParameters.Keys Write-Debug "Getting type accelerators with the name: $Name" $TypeAccelerators = ([PSObject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::Get).GetEnumerator() | Where-Object { $_.Key -like $Name } | ForEach-Object { # Create a custom object to store the type name and the type itself. [PSCustomObject]@{ PSTypeName = 'PSTypeAccelerator' PSVersion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion Name = $_.Key Type = $_.Value.FullName } } $TypeAccelerators } |