PsxUtility

> Extended Utilities for PowerShell

v1.0.14

What is PsxUtility?

PxsUtility is a project for creating extended Utilities for PowerShell wrapping common functionality on xUtility module.
This module is available for download from the PowerShell Gallery or from NPM Registry

Available Utilities

- [x] Retry Block with Retry Policy Cmdlet
- Invoke-ScriptBlockWithRetry
- New-RetryPolicy
- [x] Execution block with Expiring Cache Cmdlets.
- Add-ExpiringCacheItem
- Get-ExpiringCacheItem
- Remove-ExpiringCacheItem
- [x] Custom and Extensible Prompt.
- Set-Prompt
- [x] Window Title Cmdlets.
- Set-Title
- [x] Window Transparency Cmdlet.
- Set-ConsoleTransparency
- [x] Window Resizing Cmdlet.
- Get-WindowSize
- Set-WindowSize
- [x] Admin Detection and Elevation.
- Test-AdminRights
- Invoke-PSCommand
- [x] Enable symbolic link behavior.
- Set-SymbolicLinkBehavior
- [x] General utilities.
- Start-SublimeText
- [x] Display formatting cmdlets: Coloring words, rows
- New-ConsoleColorSet
- Out-ColorFormat
- [ ] Automatic module updates, Additional Package Manager(?)

How to get it:

- xUtility in the PowerShell Gallery

PS> Install-Module -Name xUtility

PS> Import-Module -Name xUtility

- xUtility in the NPM Registry via PsModuleRegister also found on NPM

PS> npm install -g psmoduleregister

PS> psmoduleregister --install ps-xutilities

PS> Import-Module -Name xUtility

TO DO Items:

- Report upstream logging/analytics from all cmdlets
- Evaluate upstream use for config hive to store and customize values

Additional features will be added over time