PowerShell Scripts Blog: Get-TypeAccelerator.ps1

Wednesday, 31 December 2008

Get-TypeAccelerator.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Gets a list of Type Accelerators in PowerShell and displays them nicely
.DESCRIPTION
This script is based on Osin's blog article and uses the TypeAccelerator
class to return the type accelerators contained in PowerShell
.NOTES
Additional Notes, eg
File Name : Get-TypeAccelerator.ps1
Author : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
Requires : Version 2, CTP3
.LINK
Original article:
http://www.nivot.org/2008/12/25/ListOfTypeAcceleratorsForPowerShellCTP3.aspx
Script Repository
http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
#>
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# Start of script
###
([type]::GetType("System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators"))::Get.GetEnumerator() |
Select @{Name="Name"; expression={$_.key}},
@{name="Type"; expression={$_.value}} | Sort name | Format-Table -Autosize
# End of script

This script produces the following output:

PS C:\foo> .\Get-TypeAccelerator.ps1'

Name            Type
----            ----
adsi            System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
adsisearcher    System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher
array           System.Array
bool            System.Boolean
byte            System.Byte
char            System.Char
decimal         System.Decimal
double          System.Double
float           System.Single
hashtable       System.Collections.Hashtable
int             System.Int32
ipaddress       System.Net.IPAddress
long            System.Int64
powershell      System.Management.Automation.PowerShell
pscustomobject System.Management.Automation.PSObject
psmoduleinfo    System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo
psobject        System.Management.Automation.PSObject
ref             System.Management.Automation.PSReference
regex           System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex
runspace        System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.Runspace
runspacefactory System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.RunspaceFactory
scriptblock     System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock
single          System.Single
string          System.String
switch          System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
type            System.Type
wmi             System.Management.ManagementObject
wmiclass        System.Management.ManagementClass
wmisearcher     System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher
xml             System.Xml.XmlDocument