Test-FileOpen

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script defines a function that tests to 
4.     see if a file is open. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script used the System.Io.FileStream class  
7.     and the FileInfo class to try to open a file 
8.     stream for write. If it fails, we return $false, 
9.     else we close the file and return $True 
10. .NOTES 
11.     File Name  : Test-FileOpen.ps1 
12.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
13.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
14. .LINK 
15.     This script posted to: 
16.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh[Cookham8:C:\foo]> $file = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.FileInfo C:\foo\doc1.docx 
19.     Psh[Cookham8:C:\foo]>Test-FileOpen $file 
20.     True 
21. #> 
22.  
23. Function Test-FileOpen { 
24.  
25. Param ( 
26. $fileName = $(Throw '***** No File specified')  
27. ) 
28.  
29. $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue" 
30. [System.IO.FileStream] $fs = $file.OpenWrite();  
31. if (!$?) {$true} 
32. else {$fs.Dispose();$false} 
33. } 
34.  
35. # Test the function 
36. $file = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.FileInfo C:\foo\doc1.docx 
37. Test-FileOpen $file 

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New-SpanishCulture.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates a Spanish cultureinfo object with a traditional 
4.      sort and another with an international sort. The script then compares them. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script re-implements an MSDN sample.  
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : New-SpanishCulture.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
14.     MSDN sample posted to: 
15.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.aspx    
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     C:\foo> .\New-SpanishCulture.ps1 
18.         PROPERTY                       INTERNATIONAL                                  TRADITIONAL               
19.     CompareInfo                    CompareInfo - es-ES                            CompareInfo - es-ES_tradnl 
20.     DisplayName                    Spanish (Spain)                                Spanish (Spain)           
21.     EnglishName                    Spanish (Spain, International Sort)            Spanish (Spain, Traditional Sort) 
22.     IsNeutralCulture               False                                          False                     
23.     IsReadOnly                                                                    False                     
24.     LCID                           3082                                           1034                      
25.     Name                           es-ES                                          es-ES                     
26.     NativeName                     Español (España, alfabetización internacional) Español (España, alfabetización tradicional) 
27.     Parent                         es                                             es                        
28.     TextInfo                       TextInfo - es-ES                               TextInfo - es-ES_tradnl   
29.     ThreeLetterISOLanguageName     spa                                            spa                       
30.     ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName ESN                                            ESP                       
31.     TwoLetterISOLanguageName       es                                             es                        
32.  
33.     Comparing [llegar] and [lugar] 
34.        With myCIintl.CompareInfo.Compare: -1 
35.        With myCItrad.CompareInfo.Compare: 1 
36. #> 
37.  
38. # Create and initialize the CultureInfo which uses the international sort 
39. $myCIintl = New-Object System.Globalization.CultureInfo "es-ES", $false 
40.  
41. # Create and initialize the CultureInfo which uses the traditional sort 
42. $myCItrad = New-Object System.Globalization.CultureINfo 0x040A, $false 
43.  
44. # Display the properties of each culture. 
45. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "PROPERTY", "INTERNATIONAL", "TRADITIONAL" 
46. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "CompareInfo", $myCIintl.CompareInfo, $myCItrad.CompareInfo 
47. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "DisplayName", $myCIintl.DisplayName, $myCItrad.DisplayName 
48. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "EnglishName", $myCIintl.EnglishName, $myCItrad.EnglishName 
49. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "IsNeutralCulture", $myCIintl.IsNeutralCulture, $myCItrad.IsNeutralCulture 
50. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "IsReadOnly", $myCIintl.$IsReadOnly, $myCItrad.IsReadOnly 
51. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "LCID", $myCIintl.LCID, $myCItrad.LCID 
52. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "Name", $myCIintl.Name, $myCItrad.Name 
53. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "NativeName", $myCIintl.NativeName, $myCItrad.NativeName 
54. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "Parent", $myCIintl.Parent, $myCItrad.Parent 
55. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "TextInfo", $myCIintl.TextInfo, $myCItrad.TextInfo 
56. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "ThreeLetterISOLanguageName", $myCIintl.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName, $myCItrad.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName 
57. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName",$myCIintl.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName, $myCItrad.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName 
58. "{0,-31}{1,-47}{2,-25}" -f "TwoLetterISOLanguageName", $myCIintl.TwoLetterISOLanguageName, $myCItrad.TwoLetterISOLanguageName 
59. "" 
60.  
61. # Compare two strings using myCIintl 
62. "Comparing [llegar] and [lugar]" 
63. "   With myCIintl.CompareInfo.Compare: {0}" -f $myCIintl.CompareInfo.Compare("llegar", "lugar") 
64. "   With myCItrad.CompareInfo.Compare: {0}" -f $myCItrad.CompareInfo.Compare("llegar", "lugar") 

Technorati Tags: PowerShell,PowerShell Script,System.Globalization,Cultureinfo

Show-ChineeseParentCulture.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays the parent culture of each  
4.     specific culture using the Chinese language. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script looks at each Chineese culture and displays 
7.     the culture name and the parent.  
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-ChineeseParentCulture.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.aspx    
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     C:\foo> .\Show-ChineeseParentCulture.ps1 
19.     SPECIFIC CULTURE                                     PARENT CULTURE 
20.     0x0804 zh-CN Chinese (Simplified, PRC)               0x0004 zh-CHS Chinese (Simplified) Legacy 
21.     0x0C04 zh-HK Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) 0x7C04 zh-CHT Chinese (Traditional) Legacy 
22.     0x1404 zh-MO Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.)     0x7C04 zh-CHT Chinese (Traditional) Legacy 
23.     0x1004 zh-SG Chinese (Simplified, Singapore)         0x0004 zh-CHS Chinese (Simplified) Legacy 
24.     0x0404 zh-TW Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)           0x7C04 zh-CHT Chinese (Traditional) Legacy     
25. #> 
26.  
27. # Display a header 
28. "SPECIFIC CULTURE                                     PARENT CULTURE" 
29.  
30. # Determine the specific cultures that use the Chinese language, and displays the parent culture 
31.  
32. ForEach ($ci in [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures([System.Globalization.CultureTypes]::SpecificCultures))  { 
33.   if ($ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName -eq "zh") 
34.    { 
35.     $s1 = "0x{0} {1} {2,-40}" -f $ci.LCID.ToString("X4"), $ci.Name, $ci.EnglishName 
36.     $s2 = "0x{0} {1} {2}" -f $ci.Parent.LCID.ToString("X4"), $ci.Parent.Name, $ci.Parent.EnglishName 
37.     "{0}{1}" -f $s1, $s2 
38.   } 
39. } 

Technorati Tags: PowerShell,PowerShell Scripts,System.Globalization

Show-MessageBox.ps1

1. <#
2. .SYNOPSIS
3.     This script displays a message box and then processes it
4. .DESCRIPTION
5.     This script firsts creates a wscript.shell object and
6.     invokes the popup method to display a message. The script
7.     then processes the response to the geroup (timeout, yes, no).
8. .NOTES
9.     File Name : Show-MessageBox.ps1
10.     Author : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
11.     Requires : PowerShell Version 2.0
12. .LINK
13.     This script posted to:
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
15.     MSDN sample posted tot:
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x83z1d9f%28VS.84%29.aspx
17. .EXAMPLE
18.     Left as an exercise to the reader!
19. #>
21. # Create the shell object
22. $WshShell = New-Object -Com Wscript.Shell
24. # Call the Popup method with a 7 second timeout.
25. $Btn = $WshShell.Popup("Do you feel alright?", 7, "Question:", 0x4 + 0x20)
27. # Process the response
28. switch ($Btn) {
29. # Yes button pressed.
30. 6 {"Glad to hear you feel alright."}
31. # No button pressed.
32. 7 {"Hope you're feeling better soon."}
33. # Timed out.
34. -1 {"Is there anybody out there?"}
35. }

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Get-PortAndProtocolFromUrl.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script strips out a port and protocol number from a URL  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script creates a regular expression reged then uses it to  
6.     match against the URL to get the protocol and port. This is a 
7.     re-write of the MSDN sample. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-PortAndProtocolFromUrl.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/63ew9az0.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     PowerShell> .\Get-PortAndProtocolFromUrl.ps1 
19.     Port    : http 
20.     Protocol: 8080    
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Set URL 
24. $url = "http://www.contoso.com:8080/letters/readme.html" 
25.  
26. # Create Regex, then match against the URL 
27. $r = new-object System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex "^(?<proto>\w+)://[^/]+?:(?<port>\d+)?/" 
28. $m = $r.Match($url) 
29.  
30. # Print results 
31. if ($m.Success) { 
32.    "Port    : {0}" -f $M.groups["proto"].value 
33.    "Protocol: {0}" -f $M.groups["port"].value 
34. } 
35.            

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Confirm-ValidEmailAddress.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script validates email addresses based on 
4.     MSFT published Regular Expression. This is a  
5.     re-write with PowerShell of an existing bit of  
6.     MSDN sample code  
7. .DESCRIPTION 
8.     This script first creates a function to validate 
9.     an email address. It uses a large regex that is 
10.     documented at the MSDN page noted below. The script 
11.     then creates an array of email addreses and then 
12.     validates them against the function and displays 
13.     the results. 
14. .NOTES 
15.     File Name  : Confirm-ValidEmailAddress.ps1 
16.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
17.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
18. .LINK 
19.     This script posted to: 
20.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2011/12/confirm-validemailaddressps1.html 
21.     MSDN sample posted to: 
22.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/01escwtf.aspx  
23. .EXAMPLE 
24.     Valid: david.jones@proseware.com 
25.     Valid: d.j@server1.proseware.com 
26.     Valid: jones@ms1.proseware.com 
27.     Invalid: j.@server1.proseware.com 
28.     Invalid: j@proseware.com9 
29.     Valid: js#internal@proseware.com 
30.     Valid: j_9@[129.126.118.1] 
31.     Invalid: j..s@proseware.com 
32.     Invalid: js*@proseware.com 
33.     Invalid: js@proseware..com 
34.     Invalid: js@proseware.com9 
35.     Valid: j.s@server1.proseware.com 
36.     Valid: tfl@psp.co.uk 
37.     Valid: cuddly.penguin@cookham.net 
38. #> 
39.  
40. Function IsValidEmail   { 
41. Param ([string] $In) 
42. # Returns true if In is in valid e-mail format. 
43. [system.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::IsMatch($In,  
44.               "^(?("")(""[^""]+?""@)|(([0-9a-zA-Z]((\.(?!\.))|[-!#\$%&'\*\+/=\?\^`\{\}\|~\w])*)(?<=[0-9a-zA-Z])@))" +  
45.               "(?(\[)(\[(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\])|(([0-9a-zA-Z][-\w]*[0-9a-zA-Z]\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,6}))$");  
46. } # End of IsValidEmail 
47.     
48. [string[]] $emailAddresses = "david.jones@proseware.com", "d.j@server1.proseware.com",  
49.                             "jones@ms1.proseware.com", "j.@server1.proseware.com",  
50.                             "j@proseware.com9", "js#internal@proseware.com",  
51.                             "j_9@[129.126.118.1]", "j..s@proseware.com",  
52.                             "js*@proseware.com", "js@proseware..com",  
53.                             "js@proseware.com9", "j.s@server1.proseware.com", 
54.                             "tfl@psp.co.uk", "cuddly.penguin@cookham.net"  
55.                              
56. ForEach ($emailAddress in $emailAddresses)    { 
57.   if (IsValidEmail($emailAddress)) { 
58.        "Valid: {0}" -f $emailAddress 
59.        } 
60.   else { 
61.         "Invalid: {0}" -f $emailAddress 
62.        }     
63. }                                         

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Show-FileInformation.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script displays information returned from the  
4.     file version object. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script gets, then displays, all the information returned 
7.     from the System.Diagnostics.Fileinfo of Notepad.exe 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-FileInformation.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://http://pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo_properties.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh> .\Show-FileInformation.ps1 
19.     File Major Part for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: 6             
20. #> 
21. # Set filename 
22. $File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe" 
23.  
24. #Get Version information for this file 
25. $myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File) 
26.  
27. # Display all the file information: 
28. "FileInfo information for {0}" -f $file 
29. "Comments           : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.Comments 
30. "Company Name       : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.CompanyName 
31. "FileBuldPart       : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.FileBuildPart 
32. "FileDescription    : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.FileDescription 
33. "FileMajorPart      : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.FileMajorPart 
34. "FileMinorPart      : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.FileMinorPart 
35. "FilePrivatePart    : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.FilePrivatePart 
36. "FileName           : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.FileName  
37. "FileVersion        : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.FileVersion 
38. "InternalName       : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.InternalName 
39. "IsDebug            : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.IsDebug 
40. "IsPatched          : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.IsPatched 
41. "IsPreRelease       : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.IsPreRelease 
42. "IsPrivateBuild     : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.IsPrivateBuild 
43. "IsSpecialBuild     : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.IsSpecialBuild 
44. "Language           : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.Language 
45. "LegalCopyright     : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.LegalCopyright 
46. "LegalTrademarks    : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.LegalTrademarks 
47. "OriginalFilename   : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.OriginalFilename 
48. "PrivateBuild       : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.PrivateBuild 
49. "ProductBuildPart   : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.ProductBuildPart 
50. "ProductMajordPart  : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.ProductMajorPart 
51. "ProductMinorPart   : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.ProductMinorPart 
52. "ProductName        : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.ProductName 
53. "ProductPrivatePart : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.ProductMinorPart 
54. "ProductVersion     : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.ProductVersion 
55. "SpecialBuild       : {0}"  -f $myFileVersionInfo.SpecialBuild 

Technorati Tags: PowerShell,scripts,System.Diagnostics,FileInfo

ShowFileDescription.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the build description of file version object. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script 
6.     that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get 
7.     the description of the file. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-FileDescription.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2011/11/showfiledescriptionps1.html 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.filedescription.aspx  
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh> .\Show-FileDescription.ps1 
19.     File description for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: Notepad 
20. #> 
21. # Set filename 
22. $File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe" 
23.  
24. #Get Version information for this file 
25. $myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File) 
26.  
27. # Print the Build details name 
28. "File description for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileDescription 

Show-FileBuildPart.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the build number of file version object. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script 
6.     that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get 
7.     the build identification of the file. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-FileBuildPart.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2011/11/show-filebuildpartps1.html 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.filebuildpart.aspx   
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh> .\Show-FileBuildPart.ps1 
19.     File build number for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: 6001 
20. #> 
21. # Set filename 
22. $File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe" 
23.  
24. #Get Version information for this file 
25. $myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File) 
26.  
27. # Print the Build details name 
28. "File build number for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileBuildPart 

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Show-NumberPadding3.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     Shows formatting of double values. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script, a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample,  
6.     creates a double value then formats it with 5 leading 
7.     zeros. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Show-NumberPadding3.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/ 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd260048.aspx  
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh> Show-NumberPadding3.ps1 
19.     01053240 
20.     00103932.52 
21.     01549230 
22.  
23.             01053240 
24.          00103932.52 
25.             01549230 
26.        9034521202.93 
27.  
28. #>   
29.  
30. $fmt                 = "00000000.##" 
31. [int]     $intValue  = 1053240 
32. [decimal] $decValue  = 103932.52 
33. [float]   $sngValue  = 1549230.10873992 
34. [double]  $dblValue  = 9034521202.93217412 
35.  
36. # Display the numbers using the ToString method 
37. $intValue.ToString($fmt) 
38. $decValue.ToString($fmt) 
39. $sngValue.ToString($fmt)            
40. "" 
41.  
42. # Display the numbers using composite formatting 
43. $formatString = " {0,15:" + $fmt + "}"  # right justified 
44. $formatString -f $intValue  
45. $formatString -f $decValue  
46. $formatString -f $sngValue       
47. $formatString -f $dblValue 

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