PowerShell/Docs/add-memo.md

add-memo.ps1

This PowerShell script saves the given memo text to Memos.csv in your home folder.

Parameters

PS> ./add-memo.ps1 [[-text] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-text <String>
    Specifies the text to memorize
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./add-memo "Buy apples"
✔️ saved to 📄/home/markus/Memos.csv

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Adds a memo text 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script saves the given memo text to Memos.csv in your home folder.
.PARAMETER text
	Specifies the text to memorize
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./add-memo "Buy apples"
	✔️ saved to 📄/home/markus/Memos.csv
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$text = "")

try {
	if ($text -eq "" ) { $text = Read-Host "Enter the text to memorize" }

	$Path = "~/Memos.csv"
	$Time = Get-Date -format FileDateTimeUniversal
	$Line = "$Time,$text"

	if (-not(Test-Path "$Path" -pathType leaf)) {
		Write-Output "TIME,TEXT" > "$Path"
	}
	Write-Output $Line >> "$Path"

	"✔️ saved to 📄$Path"
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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