A while ago the System Center Virtual Machine Manager<\/A> team showed me a chart of their cmdlets. It was an Excel spreadsheet which had the VERBs as rows and the NOUNs as columns. I thought that this was a wonderful way to look at the cmdlets. I woke up this morning and decided to write a script which would do something similar. I\u2019ve attached that script which accomplishes that task. In the process, I decided that there is a good general purpose function here but I haven\u2019t figured out what it\u2019s name is so right now I\u2019m just calling it ConvertTo-XXX (I\u2019m open to suggestions). NOTE \u2013 the cmdlet requires the latest version of PowerShell (the stuff we released at the PDC) so if you don\u2019t have those bits, you\u2019ll have to wait a few more weeks until CTP3 is available to try it out. Also note that this is using yesterday\u2019s build which may have more cmdlets than the PRE-Beta we release.<\/FONT><\/P>\n I\u2019m experimenting with a few coding practices so some of these may stay and some may go. I\u2019d love any feedback you have on that topic. <\/P>\n PS> .\\ConvertTo-XXX -Test Name Counter WinEvent Name WSMan WSManAction WSManCredSSP WSManInstance WSManQuickConfig WSManSessionOption Name Command Console Help History Job Module ModuleManifest ModuleMember Object Name Alias Clixml Command Csv Culture Custom Date Debug Default Name Transcript WARNING: column “EventLog” does not fit into the display and was removed.<\/FONT><\/P>\n Name ChildItem Computer ComputerMachinePassword ComputerRestore ComputerRestorePoint ComputerSecureChannel Connection Content Name Acl AuthenticodeSignature Credential ExecutionPolicy PfxCertificate SecureString <\/FONT><\/P>\n <\/FONT><\/P>\n Here is the code for CONVERTTO-XXX.PS1<\/FONT><\/P>\n #requires -version 2.0 [Parameter(ParameterSetName=”xxx”, Mandatory=$true)] [Parameter(ParameterSetName=”xxx”, Mandatory=$true)] [Parameter(ParameterSetName=”xxx”)] [Parameter(ParameterSetName=”xxx”)] [Parameter(ParameterSetName=”TEST”, Mandatory=$true)] function Assert $Message function Add-Property if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq “TEST”) foreach ($group in $InputObject | Group-Object -Property $yProperty |Sort Name) [11\/23 update \u2013 Thanks to Richard Siddaway for pointing out that the original version of this script required the script to be in a PATH directory. I modified the script to fix that. If you are a script, this is how you call yourself so you work whether or not your in the same directory or in a PATH directory<\/P>\n &$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path <\/P>\n ] <\/FONT><\/P>\n Enjoy!<\/FONT><\/P>\n Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics<\/FONT><\/P>\n
—- ——- ——–
Export Export-Counter *
Get Get-Counter Get-WinEvent
Import Import-Counter * <\/FONT><\/P>\n
Microsoft.WSMan.Management<\/FONT><\/P>\n
—- —– ———– ———— ————- —————- ——————
Connect Connect-WSMan * * * * *
Disable * * Disable-WSManCredSSP * * *
Disconnect Disconnect-WSMan * * * * *
Enable * * Enable-WSManCredSSP * * *
Get * * Get-WSManCredSSP Get-WSManInstance * *
Invoke * Invoke-WSManAction * * * *
New * * * New-WSManInstance * New-WSManSessionOption
Remove * * * Remove-WSManInstance * *
Set * * * Set-WSManInstance Set-WSManQuickConfig *
Test Test-WSMan * * * * * <\/FONT><\/P>\n
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core<\/FONT><\/P>\n
—- ——- ——- —- ——- — —— ————– ———— ——
Add * * * Add-History * * * * *
Clear * * * Clear-History * * * * *
Disable * * * * * * * * *
Enable * * * * * * * * *
Enter * * * * * * * * *
Exit * * * * * * * * *
Export * Export-Console * * * * * Export-ModuleMember *
ForEach * * * * * * * * ForEach-Object
Get Get-Command * Get-Help Get-History Get-Job Get-Module * * *
Import * * * * * Import-Module * * *
Invoke Invoke-Command * * Invoke-History * * * * *
New * * * * * New-Module New-ModuleManifest * *
Receive * * * * Receive-Job * * * *
Register * * * * * * * * *
Remove * * * * Remove-Job Remove-Module * * *
Set * * * * * * * * *
Start * * * * Start-Job * * * *
Stop * * * * Stop-Job * * * *
Test * * * * * * Test-ModuleManifest * *
Unregister * * * * * * * * *
Wait * * * * Wait-Job * * * *
Where * * * * * * * * Where-Object <\/FONT><\/P>\n
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility<\/FONT><\/P>\n
—- —– —— ——- — ——- —— —- —– ——-
Add * * * * * * * * *
Clear * * * * * * * * *
Compare * * * * * * * * *
ConvertFrom * * * ConvertFrom-Csv * * * * *
ConvertTo * * * ConvertTo-Csv * * * * *
Disable * * * * * * * * *
Enable * * * * * * * * *
Export Export-Alias Export-Clixml * Export-Csv * * * * *
Format * * * * * Format-Custom * * *
Get Get-Alias * * * Get-Culture * Get-Date * *
Group * * * * * * * * *
Import Import-Alias Import-Clixml * Import-Csv * * * * *
Invoke * * * * * * * * *
Measure * * Measure-Command * * * * * *
New New-Alias * * * * * * * *
Out * * * * * * * * Out-Default
Read * * * * * * * * *
Register * * * * * * * * *
Remove * * * * * * * * *
Select * * * * * * * * *
Send * * * * * * * * *
Set Set-Alias * * * * * Set-Date * *
Sort * * * * * * * * *
Start * * * * * * * * *
Tee * * * * * * * * *
Trace * * Trace-Command * * * * * *
Unregister * * * * * * * * *
Update * * * * * * * * *
Wait * * * * * * * * *
Write * * * * * * * Write-Debug * <\/FONT><\/P>\n
Microsoft.PowerShell.Host<\/FONT><\/P>\n
—- ———-
Start Start-Transcript
Stop Stop-Transcript <\/FONT><\/P>\n
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management<\/FONT><\/P>\n
—- ——— ——– ———————– ————— ——————– ——————— ———- ——-
Add * Add-Computer * * * * * Add-…
Checkpoint * Checkpoint-Computer * * * * * *
Clear * * * * * * * Clea…
Complete * * * * * * * *
Convert * * * * * * * *
Copy * * * * * * * *
Debug * * * * * * * *
Disable * * * Disable-ComputerRestore * * * *
Enable * * * Enable-ComputerRestore * * * *
Get Get-ChildItem * * * Get-ComputerRestorePoint * * Get-…
Invoke * * * * * * * *
Join * * * * * * * *
Limit * * * * * * * *
Move * * * * * * * *
New * * * * * * * *
Pop * * * * * * * *
Push * * * * * * * *
Register * * * * * * * *
Remove * Remove-Computer * * * * * *
Rename * Rename-Computer * * * * * *
Reset * * Reset-ComputerMachinePassword * * * * *
Resolve * * * * * * * *
Restart * Restart-Computer * * * * * *
Restore * Restore-Computer * * * * * *
Resume * * * * * * * *
Set * * * * * * * Set-…
Show * * * * * * * *
Split * * * * * * * *
Start * * * * * * * *
Stop * Stop-Computer * * * * * *
Suspend * * * * * * * *
Test * * * * * Test-ComputerSecureChannel Test-Connection *
Undo * * * * * * * *
Use * * * * * * * *
Wait * * * * * * * *
Write * * * * * * * * <\/FONT><\/P>\n
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security<\/FONT><\/P>\n
—- — ——————— ———- ————— ————– ————
ConvertFrom * * * * * ConvertFrom-SecureString
ConvertTo * * * * * ConvertTo-SecureString
Get Get-Acl Get-AuthenticodeSignature Get-Credential Get-ExecutionPolicy Get-PfxCertificate *
Set Set-Acl Set-AuthenticodeSignature * Set-ExecutionPolicy * * <\/FONT><\/P>\n
param(
[Parameter(ParameterSetName=”xxx”, Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
$InputObject, <\/FONT><\/P>\n
$yProperty, <\/FONT><\/P>\n
$xProperty, <\/FONT><\/P>\n
[ScriptBlock]
$CellValue = {“TRUE”}, <\/FONT><\/P>\n
$NullValue = “-“, <\/FONT><\/P>\n
[Switch]
$Test
) <\/FONT><\/P>\n
{
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
[ScriptBlock]$script,
[Parameter(Position=1)]
$Message=$null
)
if (!(&$script))
{
$ThrowAway,$stack = Get-PscallStack
$msg = @”
ASSERT( $script ) FAILED at
$($stack | out-string) <\/FONT><\/P>\n
Continue script execution?
“@
if ( !($pscmdlet.ShouldContinue($msg, “ASSERT FAILED”)))
{
exit
}
}
} <\/FONT><\/P>\n
{
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
$obj,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[String]
$prop,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=2)]
$value)
Add-Member -InputObject $obj -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $prop -Value $value -Force
} <\/FONT><\/P>\n
{
foreach ($snapin in Get-PSSnapin) {
Write-output $snapin.Name
$InputObject = get-command -PSSnapin $snapin -type Cmdlet |sort noun
<\/FONT><\/FONT>&$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path $InputObject -nullValue “*” -YProperty Verb -xProperty Noun -CellValue {$args[0].name}|ft -auto |out-string \u2013stream
<\/FONT> }
exit
} <\/FONT><\/P>\n
{
$outObj = New-Object psobject
Add-Property $outObj Name $group.Name
foreach ($inObj in $InputObject)
{
$Xname = $inObj.$xProperty
Assert {$Xname } “Property [$XProperty] not found on input object”
Assert {$Xname -ne “NAME” } “Cannot have ‘Name’ as a property”
if ($InObj.$yProperty -eq $group.Name)
{
Add-Property $outObj $Xname (&$CellValue $inObj)
}elseif (!$outObj.$XName)
{
Add-Property $outObj $Xname $nullValue
}
}
Write-Output $outObj
}<\/FONT><\/P>\n
<\/P><\/FONT><\/FONT>\n
Windows Management Partner Architect
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