## The *tell-joke.ps1* Script This PowerShell script selects a random Chuck Norris joke in Data/jokes.csv and speaks it by text-to-speech (TTS). ## Parameters ```powershell tell-joke.ps1 [] [] This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. ``` ## Example ```powershell PS> ./tell-joke ``` ## Notes Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 ## Related Links https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell ## Source Code ```powershell <# .SYNOPSIS Tells a joke by text-to-speech .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script selects a random Chuck Norris joke in Data/jokes.csv and speaks it by text-to-speech (TTS). .EXAMPLE PS> ./tell-joke .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> try { $Table = Import-CSV "$PSScriptRoot/../Data/jokes.csv" $Generator = New-Object System.Random $Index = [int]$Generator.next(0, $Table.Count - 1) $Reply = $Table[$Index].Joke & "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" "$Reply" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 } ``` *Generated by convert-ps2md.ps1 using the comment-based help of tell-joke.ps1*