functions/FileNameTools.ps1
Function New-RandomFileName { [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "none")] [outputtype([string])] Param( [parameter(Position = 0)] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'none')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'home')] [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'temp')] #enter an extension without the leading period e.g 'bak' [string]$Extension, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'temp')] [alias("temp")] [Switch]$UseTempFolder, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'home')] [alias("home")] [Switch]$UseHomeFolder ) if ($UseTempFolder) { $filename = [system.io.path]::GetTempFileName() } elseif ($UseHomeFolder) { $homedocs =[Environment]::GetFolderPath([Environment+SpecialFolder]::MyDocuments) $filename = Join-Path -Path $homedocs -ChildPath ([system.io.path]::GetRandomFileName()) } else { $filename = [system.io.path]::GetRandomFileName() } if ($Extension) { #get the extension and strip off the leading period $original = [system.io.path]::GetExtension($filename).Substring(1) $filename -replace "$original$", $Extension } else { $filename } } #end New-RandomFilename Function New-CustomFileName { [cmdletbinding()] [outputtype([string])] Param ( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = @" You can create a template string using any of these variables, including the % symbol. - %username - %computername - %year - 4 digit year - %yr - 2 digit year - %monthname - The abbreviated month name - %month - The month number - %dayofweek - The full name of the week day - %day - %hour - the hour of the day in 12 hour format to 2 digits - %hour24 - the hour of the day in 24 hour format to 2 digits - %minute - %seconds - %time - A compact string of HourMinuteSecond - %string - A random string - %guid - %### - a random number matching the number of # characters "@)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Template, [ValidateSet("Lower", "Upper", "Default")] [string]$Case = "Default" ) #convert placeholders to lower case but leave everything else as is [regex]$rx = "%\w+(?=%|-|\.|\s|\(|\)|\[|\])" Write-Detail "Starting $($myinvocation.MyCommand)" | Write-Verbose Write-Detail "Processing template: $template" | Write-Verbose $rx.matches($Template) | ForEach-Object { Write-Detail "Converting $($_.value) to lower case" | Write-Verbose $Template = $Template.replace($_.value, $_.value.tolower()) } [string]$filename = $Template Write-Detail "Using filename: $filename" | Write-Verbose $now = Get-Date if ($env:USERNAME) { $user = $env:USERNAME } elseif ($env:USER) { $user = $env:USER } else { $user = "Unknown" } #this needs to be an ordered hashtable so that the regex replacements #will be processed in the right order $hash = [ordered]@{ '%username' = $user '%computername' = [environment]::MachineName '%year' = $now.Year '%yr' = "{0:yy}" -f $now '%monthname' = ("{0:MMM}" -f $now) '%month' = "{0:MM}" -f $now '%dayofweek' = $now.DayOfWeek '%day' = "{0:dd}" -f $now '%hour24' = "{0:HH}" -f $now '%hour' = "{0:hh}" -f $now '%minute' = "{0:mm}" -f $now '%seconds' = "{0:ss}" -f $now '%time' = "{0}{1}{2}" -f $now.hour, $now.minute, $now.Second '%string' = ([system.io.path]::GetRandomFileName()).split(".")[0] '%guid' = [System.Guid]::NewGuid().guid } $hash.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { Write-Detail "Testing $filename for $($_.key)" | Write-Verbose if ($filename -match "($($_.key))") { Write-Detail "replacing $($_.key) with $($_.value)" | Write-Verbose $filename = $filename -replace "($($_.key))", $_.value } } #handle ### number replacement [regex]$rx = '%#+' if ($rx.IsMatch($filename)) { $count = $rx.Match($filename).Value.length - 1 $num = (0..9 | Get-Random -Count 10 | Get-Random -count $count) -join "" Write-Detail "replacing # with $num" | Write-Verbose $filename = $rx.Replace($filename, $num) } Write-Detail "Converting case to $Case" | Write-Verbose Switch ($Case) { "Upper" { $filename.toUpper() } "Lower" { $filename.ToLower() } default { $filename } } #close switch Write-Detail "Ending $($myinvocation.MyCommand)" | Write-Verbose } #end New-CustomFileName |