functions/other/Out-PSUVariable.ps1
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function Out-PSUVariable { <# .SYNOPSIS Writes the input to a variable. .DESCRIPTION Writes the input to a variable. This allows doing variable assignments at the end of a pipeline, rather than just at the beginning. Previous contents will be overwritten. .PARAMETER Name The name of the variable to write to. .PARAMETER InputObject The objects to write. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-ChildItem | Out-PSUVariable -Name 'files' Writes the files & folders in the current path into the variable $files .EXAMPLE PS C:\> dir | ov files Does the same thing as the first example, only this time in a convenient interactive commandline usage #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)] [string] $Name, [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)] $InputObject ) begin { $list = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[Object] } process { foreach ($object in $InputObject) { $list.Add($object) } } end { # Write to caller scope $PSCmdlet.SessionState.PSVariable.Set($Name, ($list | Write-Output)) } } Import-PSUAlias -Name ov -Command Out-PSUVariable |