PowerShell/docs/remember.md

The remember.ps1 Script

This PowerShell script saves the given text to 'Remember.csv' in your home folder.

Parameters

/home/markus/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/remember.ps1 [[-text1] <String>] [[-text2] <String>] [[-text3] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-text1 <String>
    Specifies the text to memorize
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-text2 <String>
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    2
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-text3 <String>
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    3
    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> ./remember.ps1 "Buy apples"
✅ Saved to /home/Markus/Remember.csv in 0s.

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Remembers a text 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script saves the given text to 'Remember.csv' in your home folder.
.PARAMETER text1
	Specifies the text to memorize
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./remember.ps1 "Buy apples"
	✅ Saved to /home/Markus/Remember.csv in 0s.
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$text1 = "", [string]$text2 = "", [string]$text3 = "")

try {
	if ($text1 -eq "") { $text1 = Read-Host "Enter what needs to be remembered" }

	$stopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew()

	[string]$timestampString = Get-Date -UFormat %s
	$timestampString = $timestampString -replace ',','.'
	[int64]$unixTimestamp = $timestampString

	$path = "~/Remember.csv"

	if (-not(Test-Path "$path" -pathType leaf)) {
		Write-Output "TIMESTAMP,TEXT" > $path
	}
	Write-Output "$($unixTimestamp),$text1 $text2 $text3" >> $path
	$path = Resolve-Path $path

	[int]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds
	"✅ Saved to $path in $($elapsed)s."
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

(generated by convert-ps2md.ps1 as of 11/08/2024 12:40:21)