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Collection of PowerShell Scripts
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Useful cross-platform PowerShell scripts, to be used on the command-line (CLI) or by automation software like Jenkins.
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PowerShell Scripts
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* **password.ps1** - generates and prints a single new password
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* **passwords.ps1** - generates and prints a list of new passwords
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* **poweroff.ps1** - halts the local computer, administrator rights might be needed
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* **reboot.ps1** - reboots the local computer, administrator rights might be needed
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* **speak.ps1** - speaks the given text
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* **translate.ps1** - translates the given text
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* **txt2wav.ps1** - converts text into a audio .WAV file
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* **wakeup.ps1** - sends a magic packet to the given computer, waking him up
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What is PowerShell?
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PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
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* PowerShell is cross-platform: available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS
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* PowerShell is powerful: fully control your computer
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* PowerShell is open-source: see the repository at https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell
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* PowerShell is easy to learn: see the tutorial at https://www.guru99.com/powershell-tutorial.html
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* PowerShell is fully documented: see the official docs at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/
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Add Subfolder Scripts/ to the Search Path for Command-line Usage
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* **Windows:** open the environment variables dialogue and add the full path to Scripts/ to the system environment variable "Path"
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* **Bash or sh:** edit .profile in your home directory and add the line: PATH="$PATH:/path/to/PowerShell/Scripts"
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Script Standards
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Each script provides:
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1. a comment header containing a description, author, source, and license
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2. prefers command-line options but may ask the user if missing
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3. exits 0 for success, otherwise the error code (mostly 1)
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License & Copyright
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This open source release is licensed under the CC0 license. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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