<# .SYNOPSIS Opens a text editor .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script opens the installed text editor with the given text file. Supported are: Emacs, Helix, pico, nano, neovim, Notepad, vi, vim, Visual Studio Code and Wordpad. .PARAMETER path Specifies the path to the text file (default is to query the user to specify it) .EXAMPLE PS> ./edit.ps1 C:\MyDiary.txt .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$path = "") function TryEditor { param([string]$editor, [string]$path) try { Write-Host "$editor..." -noNewline & $editor "$path" if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { "⚠️ Can't execute '$editor' - make sure it's installed and available"; exit 1 } exit 0 # success } catch { return } } if ($path -eq "" ) { $path = Read-Host "Enter the path to the text file" } if (-not(Test-Path "$path" -pathType leaf)) { throw "Can't access file '$path'" } Write-Host "⏳ Editing '$path' by executing " -noNewline TryEditor "nvim" $path TryEditor "vim" $path TryEditor "vi" $path TryEditor "nano" $path TryEditor "pico" $path TryEditor "hx" $path TryEditor "emacs" $path TryEditor "Code" $path TryEditor "notepad.exe" $path TryEditor "wordpad.exe" $path Write-Host "" "⚠️ Sorry, no text editor found. Please install your favorite one (e.g. by executing 'winget install helix.helix')." exit 1