Process.psm1

<#
.Synopsis
"Writes the input to host output (using write-host) with added indentation"
.Parameter msg
Message to output
.Parameter level
Indentation level (default=2)
.Parameter mark
The marker for indented lines (default="> ")
.Parameter maxlen
Maximum line length - after which lines will be wrapped (also with indentation)
.Parameter passthru
Pass the input to the output
#>

function Write-Indented 
{
    param(
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true, Position=1, Mandatory=$true)]$msg, 
        [Parameter(Position=2)]$level = 2, 
        [Parameter(Position=3)]$mark = "> ", 
        [Parameter(Position=4)]$maxlen = $null, 
        [switch][bool]$passthru
    )
    begin {
        $pad = $mark.PadLeft($level)
        if ($maxlen -eq $null) {
            if ($host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Width -gt 0) {
                $maxlen = $host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Width - $level - 1
            }
            else {
                $maxlen = 512
            }
        }
    }
    process { 
        $msgs = @($msg)
        $msgs | % {        
            @($_.ToString().split("`n")) | % {
                $msg = $_
                $idx = 0    
                while($idx -lt $msg.length) {
                    $chunk = [System.Math]::Min($msg.length - $idx, $maxlen)
                    $chunk = [System.Math]::Max($chunk, 0)
                    write-host "$pad$($msg.substring($idx,$chunk))" #[$($msg.GetType().Name)]
                    $idx += $chunk
                    if ($passthru) {
                        write-output $msgs
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

<#
.Synopsis
Invokes an external Command
.Parameter command
Command to invoke (either full path or filename)
.Parameter arguments
Arguments for the command
.Parameter nothrow
Do not throw if command's exit code != 0
.Parameter showoutput
Write command output to host (default=true)
.Parameter silent
Do not rite command output to host (same as -showoutput:$false)
.Parameter passthru
Pass the command output to the output stream
.Parameter in
Input for the command (optional)
#>

function Invoke {
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName="set1",SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
param(
    [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="set1", Position=1)]
    [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="in",Position=1)]
    [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="directcall",Position=1)]
    [string]$command,      
    [parameter(ParameterSetName="set1",Position=2)]
    [Parameter(ParameterSetName="in",Position=2)]
    [Alias("arguments")]
    [string[]]$argumentList, 
    [switch][bool]$nothrow, 
    [switch][bool]$showoutput = $true,
    [switch][bool]$silent,
    [switch][bool]$passthru,
    [Parameter(ParameterSetName="in")]
    $in,
    [Parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true,ParameterSetName="set1")]
    [Parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true,ParameterSetName="directcall")]
    $remainingArguments,
    [System.Text.Encoding] $encoding = $null
    ) 
    #write-verbose "argumentlist=$argumentList"
    #write-verbose "remainingargs=$remainingArguments"
    $arguments = @()

    function Strip-SensitiveData {
        param([Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]$str)
        process {
            return @($_) | % {
                $_ -replace "password[:=]\s*(.*?)($|[\s;,])","password={password_removed_from_log}"
            } 
        }
    }

    if ($ArgumentList -ne $null) {
        $arguments += @($ArgumentList)
    }
    if ($remainingArguments -ne $null) {
        $arguments += @($remainingArguments)
    }   
    if ($silent) { $showoutput = $false }
    $argstr = ""        
    $shortargstr = ""
    if ($arguments -ne $null) {         
        for($i = 0; $i -lt @($arguments).count; $i++) {
            $argstr += "[$i] $($arguments[$i] | Strip-SensitiveData)`r`n"
            $shortargstr += "$($arguments[$i]) "
        } 
        write-verbose "Invoking: '$command' in '$($pwd.path)' arguments ($(@($arguments).count)):`r`n$argstr"
    }
    else {
        write-verbose "Invoking: '$command' with no args in '$($pwd.path)'"
    }
    
    
    if ($WhatIfPreference -eq $true) {
        write-warning "WhatIf specified. Not doing anything."
        return $null
    }
    try {
    if ($encoding -ne $null) {
        write-verbose "setting console encoding to $encoding"
        $oldEnc = [System.Console]::OutputEncoding
        [System.Console]::OutputEncoding = $encoding
    }
    if ($showoutput) {
        write-host " ===== $command ====="
        if ($in -ne $null) {
            $o = $in | & $command $arguments 2>&1 | write-indented -level 2 -passthru:$passthru
        } else {
            $o = & $command $arguments 2>&1 | write-indented -level 2 -passthru:$passthru
        }
        
        write-host " === END $command == ($lastexitcode)" 
    } else {
        if ($in -ne $null) {
            $o = $in | & $command $arguments 2>&1
        }
        else {
            $o = & $command $arguments 2>&1
        }
    }
    } finally {
        if ($encoding -ne $null) {
            [System.Console]::OutputEncoding = $oldEnc
        }
    }
    if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
        write-verbose "invoke: ErrorActionPreference = $ErrorActionPreference"
        if (!$nothrow) {            
            write-error "Command $command returned $lastexitcode" 
            #$o | out-string | write-error
            throw "Command $command returned $lastexitcode" 
        } else {
           $o | out-string | write-host 
           
        }
    }
    return $o
}

<#
.Synopsis
Checks if current process is running with elevation
#>

function Test-IsAdmin() {
    return ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")
}

<#
.Synopsis
Start the given program as administrator (elevated)
If the current process is elevated, just executes the command (using "start-process")
.Parameter argumentlist
Argument list for the started program
.Parameter proc
The program to start (default=powershell)
.Parameter wait
Wait for the elevated command to finish before continuing (default=true)
#>

function Invoke-AsAdmin($ArgumentList, $proc = "powershell", [switch][bool] $Wait = $true) {    
    if (!(test-IsAdmin)) {
        Start-Process $proc -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $ArgumentList -wait:$Wait
    } else {
        & $proc $argumentlist | out-default
    }
}

if ((get-alias Run-AsAdmin -ErrorAction ignore) -eq $null) { New-alias Run-AsAdmin Invoke-AsAdmin }
if ((get-alias sudo -ErrorAction ignore) -eq $null) { New-alias sudo Invoke-AsAdmin }

Export-ModuleMember -Function * -Alias *