Powershell.Helper.Extension.psm1

<#
.VERSION 1.6
 
.GUID 4ea20bcd-b174-46bc-ba48-08d10066ec5d
 
.AUTHOR Bret Knoll
 
#>

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Used by function Format-OrderedList when receiving input from user
 
.DESCRIPTION
    Uses pattern match to determine if a entry is numeric
#>


function isNumeric{
    param([object]$item)
    return $($item -match "^[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,2}$")
    
}
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Used by function Format-OrderedList to format a single row.
 
.DESCRIPTION
    Formats each line of input into a number list.
#>


function Format-Item{
    param($item = @{},
        [array]$property
    )

    $property | foreach{

        $column = $_
        "$($item."$column")`t "
    }
    

}
############### Place external functions here alphabetically


function Add-Path{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        when creating a new script the script sometimes needs to work with files or output files into specific folder structures.
        Add-Path allows the developer to focus on the code, not the folder creation.
    .DESCRIPTION
        Creates each level of a path. Requires elevated permissions to create a path. Currently, does not check if
        adequate permissions exist to create a path.
    .EXAMPLE
        Build-Path -Path "c:\temp\ouptut\Time0930"
        Each portion of the path is checked, if it does not exist it is created.
    .EXAMPLE
        Build-Path -Path "\\servername\ShareName\NewFolder1\NewFolder2"
 
    #>

    param([string]$Path)
    [string]$testPath = ""
    if(!(test-path $Path) ){        
        $pathArray = $Path.Split("\");
        for($forCounter = 0;$forCounter -lt $pathArray.length;$forCounter++){
            $pathItem = $pathArray[$forCounter];
            Write-Verbose $pathItem
            if($pathItem -eq ""){
                
                $forCounter = 2; #reset the counter
                $testPath = "\\$($pathArray[$forCounter];)";
                $forCounter = 3;
                $pathItem = $pathArray[$forCounter];                
            }
            if($pathItem -like "*:"  ){
                $testPath = $pathItem
            }
            if($pathItem -notlike "*:" ){
                $testPath = Join-Path($testPath)$($pathItem)
            }
            Write-Verbose $testPath
            If(!(test-path -Path $testPath)){
                $createfolder = New-Item $testPath -ItemType directory
            }
        }     
    }
    return [string]$Path
}

function Format-OrderedList{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Many of powershells functions return streams or lists of items. This function allows the user to choose items by a number in
        a list without have to sort by name.
 
    .DESCRIPTION
        Format-NumberedList formats lists in to a numbered list, allowing user to choose one or more items in the list.
 
    .EXAMPLE
        PS> Get-Service | SELECT -First 100 | Format-OrderedList
        1 : Stopped AJRouter AllJoyn Router Service
        2 : Stopped ALG Application Layer Gateway Service
        3 : Running AppHostSvc Application Host Helper Service
        4 : Stopped AppIDSvc Application Identity
        5 : Running Appinfo Application Information
        6 : Stopped AppMgmt Application Management
        7 : Stopped AppReadiness App Readiness
        8 : Stopped AppXSvc AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC)
        9 : Stopped aspnet_state ASP.NET State Service
        10 : Running Asset Management Daemon Asset Management Daemon
        11 : Running AudioEndpointBuilder Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
        12 : Running Audiosrv Windows Audio
        13 : Stopped AxInstSV ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV)
        14 : Stopped BDESVC BitLocker Drive Encryption Service
        15 : Running BFE Base Filtering Engine
        16 : Running BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Service
        17 : Running BrokerInfrastructure Background Tasks Infrastructure Service
        18 : Running Browser Computer Browser
        19 : Stopped BthHFSrv Bluetooth Handsfree Service
        20 : Running bthserv Bluetooth Support Service
        21 : Stopped CDPSvc Connected Device Platform Service
        22 : Stopped CertPropSvc Certificate Propagation
        23 : Running ClickToRunSvc Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Service
        24 : Stopped ClipSVC Client License Service (ClipSVC)
        25 : Stopped COMSysApp COM+ System Application
        26 : Running CoreMessagingRegistrar CoreMessaging
        27 : Stopped cphs Intel(R) Content Protection HECI Service
        28 : Running CryptSvc Cryptographic Services
        29 : Running CscService Offline Files
        30 : Running DcomLaunch DCOM Server Process Launcher
        31 : Stopped DcpSvc DataCollectionPublishingService
        32 : Stopped defragsvc Optimize drives
        33 : Running DeviceAssociationService Device Association Service
        34 : Stopped DeviceInstall Device Install Service
        35 : Stopped DevQueryBroker DevQuery Background Discovery Broker
        36 : Running Dhcp DHCP Client
        37 : Stopped diagnosticshub.standardcollector.service Microsoft (R) Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service
        38 : Running DiagTrack Connected User Experiences and Telemetry
        39 : Stopped DmEnrollmentSvc Device Management Enrollment Service
        40 : Stopped dmwappushservice dmwappushsvc
        41 : Stopped Dnscache DNS Client
        42 : Running DoSvc Delivery Optimization
        43 : Stopped dot3svc Wired AutoConfig
        44 : Running DPS Diagnostic Policy Service
        45 : Stopped DsmSvc Device Setup Manager
        46 : Running DsSvc Data Sharing Service
        47 : Running DTSRVC Portrait Displays Display Tune Service
        48 : Stopped Eaphost Extensible Authentication Protocol
        49 : Stopped EFS Encrypting File System (EFS)
        50 : Stopped embeddedmode embeddedmode
        51 : Stopped EntAppSvc Enterprise App Management Service
        52 : Running EventLog Windows Event Log
        53 : Running EventSystem COM+ Event System
        54 : Running FA_Scheduler FortiClient Service Scheduler
        55 : Stopped Fax Fax
        56 : Stopped fdPHost Function Discovery Provider Host
        57 : Stopped FDResPub Function Discovery Resource Publication
        58 : Stopped fhsvc File History Service
        59 : Running FontCache Windows Font Cache Service
        60 : Running FontCache3.0.0.0 Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0
        61 : Stopped gpsvc Group Policy Client
        62 : Stopped gupdate Google Update Service (gupdate)
        63 : Stopped gupdatem Google Update Service (gupdatem)
        64 : Running hidserv Human Interface Device Service
        65 : Stopped HomeGroupProvider HomeGroup Provider
        66 : Running HvHost HV Host Service
        67 : Running IBMPMSVC Lenovo PM Service
        68 : Stopped icssvc Windows Mobile Hotspot Service
        69 : Stopped IEEtwCollectorService Internet Explorer ETW Collector Service
        70 : Running igfxCUIService2.0.0.0 Intel(R) HD Graphics Control Panel Service
        71 : Running IKEEXT IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
        72 : Stopped Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service TCP IP Interface Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service TCP IP Interface
        73 : Running iphlpsvc IP Helper
        74 : Running jhi_service Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader Host Interface Service
        75 : Running KeyIso CNG Key Isolation
        76 : Stopped KtmRm KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator
        77 : Running LanmanServer Server
        78 : Running LanmanWorkstation Workstation
        79 : Running LENOVO.CAMMUTE Lenovo Camera Mute
        80 : Running LENOVO.MICMUTE Lenovo Microphone Mute
        81 : Running LENOVO.TPKNRSVC Lenovo Keyboard Noise Reduction
        82 : Running LENOVO.TVTVCAM Lenovo Virtual Camera Controller
        83 : Running Lenovo.VIRTSCRLSVC Lenovo Auto Scroll
        84 : Stopped LenovoProdRegManager PowerENGAGE Maintenance Service
        85 : Running lfsvc Geolocation Service
        86 : Running LicenseManager Windows License Manager Service
        87 : Stopped lltdsvc Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper
        88 : Running lmhosts TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
        89 : Running LMS Intel(R) Management and Security Application Local Management Service
        90 : Running lnvDiscoveryWinSvc lnvDiscoveryWinSvc
        91 : Stopped LSCWinService LSCWinService
        92 : Running LSM Local Session Manager
        93 : Stopped MapsBroker Downloaded Maps Manager
        94 : Running MpsSvc Windows Firewall
        95 : Stopped MSDTC Distributed Transaction Coordinator
        96 : Stopped MSiSCSI Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
        97 : Stopped msiserver Windows Installer
        98 : Running MSMQ Message Queuing
        99 : Stopped NcaSvc Network Connectivity Assistant
        100 : Running NcbService Network Connection Broker
            Choose an item by #
        [0] : 1
        [1] : 10
        [2] : 100
        [3] :
 
        Status Name DisplayName
        ------ ---- -----------
        Stopped AJRouter AllJoyn Router Service
        Running Asset Managemen... Asset Management Daemon
        Running NcbService Network Connection Broker
 
    .EXAMPLE
        PS> Get-Service | SELECT -First 100 | Format-OrderedList -property Name
        1 : AJRouter
        2 : ALG
        3 : AppHostSvc
        4 : AppIDSvc
        5 : Appinfo
        6 : AppMgmt
        7 : AppReadiness
        8 : AppXSvc
        9 : aspnet_state
        10 : Asset Management Daemon
        11 : AudioEndpointBuilder
        12 : Audiosrv
        13 : AxInstSV
        14 : BDESVC
        15 : BFE
        16 : BITS
        17 : BrokerInfrastructure
        18 : Browser
        19 : BthHFSrv
        20 : bthserv
        21 : CDPSvc
        22 : CertPropSvc
        23 : ClickToRunSvc
        24 : ClipSVC
        25 : COMSysApp
        26 : CoreMessagingRegistrar
        27 : cphs
        28 : CryptSvc
        29 : CscService
        30 : DcomLaunch
        31 : DcpSvc
        32 : defragsvc
        33 : DeviceAssociationService
        34 : DeviceInstall
        35 : DevQueryBroker
        36 : Dhcp
        37 : diagnosticshub.standardcollector.service
        38 : DiagTrack
        39 : DmEnrollmentSvc
        40 : dmwappushservice
        41 : Dnscache
        42 : DoSvc
        43 : dot3svc
        44 : DPS
        45 : DsmSvc
        46 : DsSvc
        47 : DTSRVC
        48 : Eaphost
        49 : EFS
        50 : embeddedmode
        51 : EntAppSvc
        52 : EventLog
        53 : EventSystem
        54 : FA_Scheduler
        55 : Fax
        56 : fdPHost
        57 : FDResPub
        58 : fhsvc
        59 : FontCache
        60 : FontCache3.0.0.0
        61 : gpsvc
        62 : gupdate
        63 : gupdatem
        64 : hidserv
        65 : HomeGroupProvider
        66 : HvHost
        67 : IBMPMSVC
        68 : icssvc
        69 : IEEtwCollectorService
        70 : igfxCUIService2.0.0.0
        71 : IKEEXT
        72 : Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service TCP IP Interface
        73 : iphlpsvc
        74 : jhi_service
        75 : KeyIso
        76 : KtmRm
        77 : LanmanServer
        78 : LanmanWorkstation
        79 : LENOVO.CAMMUTE
        80 : LENOVO.MICMUTE
        81 : LENOVO.TPKNRSVC
        82 : LENOVO.TVTVCAM
        83 : Lenovo.VIRTSCRLSVC
        84 : LenovoProdRegManager
        85 : lfsvc
        86 : LicenseManager
        87 : lltdsvc
        88 : lmhosts
        89 : LMS
        90 : lnvDiscoveryWinSvc
        91 : LSCWinService
        92 : LSM
        93 : MapsBroker
        94 : MpsSvc
        95 : MSDTC
        96 : MSiSCSI
        97 : msiserver
        98 : MSMQ
        99 : NcaSvc
        100 : NcbService
            Choose an item by #
        [0] : 5
        [1] : 10
        [2] : 16
        [3] : 25
        [4] :
 
        Status Name DisplayName
        ------ ---- -----------
        Running Appinfo Application Information
        Running Asset Managemen... Asset Management Daemon
        Running BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Ser...
        Stopped COMSysApp COM+ System Application
    #>

param( [array]$property )
begin{
    if($property){
        $arrayOfProperties = $property.Split(",")
    }
    $count=0;
    #"$count : Choose None!"
    $objectHash = @{"$count" = "DoNothing"}
    $formattedTable = @()
    }
process{
    $count++
    if(!$arrayOfProperties){ #arrayOfProperties is created in the begin portion of the function. if it does not exists use it to format the list
        $propertyList = $_.PSStandardMembers.DefaultDisplayPropertySet.Value # | Get-Member PSStandardMembers -Force
        if($propertyList){
            $arrayOfProperties = $propertyList.ReferencedPropertyNames
        }

    }
    if(!$arrayOfProperties){    
        #$arrayOfProperties = $($_ |Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | select -First 1 -Property Name).Name
        $propertyList = $($_ |Get-Member -MemberType Property)
        if($propertyList){
            $arrayOfProperties = $($propertyList | Select -First 1 -property Name).Name
        }

    }
    if(!$arrayOfProperties){    
        #$arrayOfProperties = $($_ |Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | select -First 1 -Property Name).Name
        $propertyList = $($_ |Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty)
        if($propertyList){
            $arrayOfProperties = $($propertyList | Select -First 1 -property Name).Name
        }

    }
        if(!$arrayOfProperties){    
        #$arrayOfProperties = $($_ |Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | select -First 1 -Property Name).Name
        $propertyList = $($_ |Get-Member -MemberType AliasProperty)
        if($propertyList){
            $arrayOfProperties = $($propertyList | Select -First 1 -property Name).Name
        }

    }

    $item = $_ | select -Property $arrayOfProperties;
    $formattedTable = $formattedTable +  "$count :`t$(Format-Item -item $item -property $arrayOfProperties )"
    $objectHash.Add("$count", $_)
}
end{
    $formattedTable |  Out-Host
    Write-host -BackgroundColor Black "`tChoose an item by #"; 
    $listOfItems = @();
    $item="0"
    while($item){
        $item = read-host "[$($listOfItems.length)] "
        if(isNumeric -item $item){
            $listOfItems = $listOfItems + $item    
        }
    }
    $listOfItems | foreach{
        $objectHash["$($_)"]        
    }
}
}

function Limit-Job {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        The Powershell script Start-Job allows the execution of many processes in parallel as background jobs.
        It would be nice to kick off a process that can control how many jobs run at one time.
 
    .DESCRIPTION
        Limit-Job will run Start-Job once foreach item and but will limit how many jobs run simultaneously.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    The following starts 3 jobs one a at a time.
            $StartJob = @({start-job -ScriptBlock { sleep -Milliseconds 0500 }},{start-job -ScriptBlock { sleep -Milliseconds 5002 }},{start-job -ScriptBlock { sleep -Milliseconds 5003 }} )
            $Limit = 1
            $job = Limit-Job -StartJob $StartJob -Limit $Limit
            $job | ft
            "Number of running jobs: $($(get-job -State Running).Count)"
 
            Output:
 
            Id Name PSJobTypeName State HasMoreData Location Command
            -- ---- ------------- ----- ----------- -------- -------
            49 Job49 BackgroundJob Completed True localhost start-job -ScriptBlock...
            51 Job51 BackgroundJob Completed True localhost start-job -ScriptBlock...
            53 Job53 BackgroundJob Running True localhost start-job -ScriptBlock...
 
 
 
 
    .EXAMPLE
            get-job | remove-job # remove any existing jobs
            # Build a list of jobs/comands to run
            $StartJob = @({start-job -ScriptBlock { get-service | select -First 10 }},{start-job -ScriptBlock { Get-ChildItem c:\ | select -First 10 }},{start-job -ScriptBlock { get-process | select -First 10 }} )
            $Limit = 1
            $job = Limit-Job -StartJob $StartJob -Limit $Limit #start the jobs 1 at a time
            get-job | Wait-Job # wait for the jobs to stop running
            get-job | ft # get a list of the jobs
 
            # loop through the list of jobs, print the command and receive the job data
            get-job | foreach {
                write-host $_.Command
                $_ | Receive-Job | ft
           }
             
            Id Name PSJobTypeName State HasMoreData Location Command
            -- ---- ------------- ----- ----------- -------- -------
            141 Job141 BackgroundJob Completed True localhost get-service | select ...
            143 Job143 BackgroundJob Completed True localhost Get-ChildItem c:\ | ...
            145 Job145 BackgroundJob Completed True localhost get-process | select ...
 
 
             get-service | select -First 10
 
            Status Name DisplayName
            ------ ---- -----------
            Stopped AJRouter AllJoyn Router Service
            Stopped ALG Application Layer Gateway Service
            Running AppHostSvc Application Host Helper Service
            Stopped AppIDSvc Application Identity
            Running Appinfo Application Information
            Running AppMgmt Application Management
            Stopped AppReadiness App Readiness
            Stopped AppXSvc AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC)
            Stopped aspnet_state ASP.NET State Service
            Running Asset Managemen... Asset Management Daemon
 
 
             Get-ChildItem c:\ | select -First 10
 
 
                Directory: C:\
 
 
            Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
            ---- ------------- ------ ----
            d----- 12/15/2015 10:47 5938dfc30ab6bda1c4a2
            d----- 1/30/2016 16:10 chef-repo
            d----- 8/26/2015 12:05 DRIVERS
            da---- 9/20/2015 08:59 Go
            d----- 2/13/2016 09:15 Hyper-V
            d----- 2/10/2016 13:33 inetpub
            d----- 12/9/2015 07:35 Intel
            d----- 2/13/2016 08:57 iso
            d----- 8/14/2015 15:07 mfg
            d----- 1/22/2016 16:27 opscode
 
 
             get-process | select -First 10
 
            Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName
            ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -- -----------
                323 20 8044 26020 ...01 1.78 8528 1 ApplicationFrameHost
                157 11 2664 8104 86 1.41 10744 1 AppVShNotify
                169 13 2948 12492 115 1.63 10528 1 BleServicesCtrl
               1323 12 2860 7960 69 2.67 2956 0 CamMute
               2117 100 49108 41568 349 2,066.53 2724 0 ccSvcHst
                433 33 6020 7008 121 26.38 7492 1 ccSvcHst
                231 21 31928 35016 210 11.84 1760 1 chrome
                265 10 1952 6592 77 0.09 14712 1 chrome
                267 26 60216 73412 265 415.14 16100 1 chrome
                411 27 66400 124972 320 59.33 19904 1 chrome
 
 
    #>

    param([string[]]$StartJob,[int]$Limit=0) #, [int]$Limit, [string]$Name
    Write-Verbose "The Limit is: $Limit"

    $StartJob | foreach {             
        try{
            $ScriptBlock = $executioncontext.invokecommand.NewScriptBlock( $_.Trim() ) #Found information about converting a string to a script block http://www.get-powershell.com/post/2008/12/15/ConvertTo-ScriptBlock.aspx
            while($(get-job | where {$_.State -eq "Running"}).Count -eq $Limit -and $Limit -ne 0 ){
                sleep -Milliseconds 1
           }    
            Write-Verbose "Starting Job $($ScriptBlock) at $(get-date)"
            # if we use start-job for script blocks that have proper job formatted commands, the user cannot use receive-job
            if($_ -like "*start-job*"){
                Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock # start job as invoke-command
            }
            else{
                Start-Job -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock # the script block is a powershell command not a job.
            }
            
            sleep -Milliseconds 5 # wait for the job to start
        }
        catch{
            Write-Error "could not start $($scriptblock.tostring())"
        }            
    }
    Write-Verbose "Number of Jobs Running $($(get-job -State Running).Count)"
 }
        
New-Alias -Name Format-NumberedList -Value Format-OrderedList -Description "Allias for Format-OrderedList."
New-Alias -Name Build-Path -Value Add-Path -Description "Alias for Add-Path, to prevent a breaking change. "