PowerShell/Docs/export-to-manuals.md
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## The *export-to-manuals.ps1* PowerShell Script
This PowerShell script exports the comment based help of all PowerShell scripts as manuals.
## Parameters
```powershell
export-to-manuals.ps1 [[-FilePattern] <String>] [[-TargetDir] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
-FilePattern <String>
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value "$PSScriptRoot/*.ps1"
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-TargetDir <String>
Required? false
Position? 2
Default value "$PSScriptRoot/../Docs"
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
```powershell
PS> ./export-to-manuals.ps1
Found 264 scripts, exporting them to /home/markus/PowerShell/Docs...
exported 264 PowerShell scripts in 28 sec
```
## Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
## Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
## Source Code
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Exports all scripts as manuals
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script exports the comment based help of all PowerShell scripts as manuals.
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./export-to-manuals.ps1
Found 264 scripts, exporting them to /home/markus/PowerShell/Docs...
✔️ exported 264 PowerShell scripts in 28 sec
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
#requires -version 2
param([string]$FilePattern = "$PSScriptRoot/*.ps1", [string]$TargetDir = "$PSScriptRoot/../Docs")
try {
$StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew()
Write-Host "⏳ (1/2) Reading scripts from: $FilePattern... " -noNewline
$Scripts = Get-ChildItem "$FilePattern"
Write-Host "found $($Scripts.Count) scripts"
Write-Host "⏳ (2/2) Exporting manuals to: $TargetDir..."
foreach ($Script in $Scripts) {
& "$PSScriptRoot/convert-ps2md.ps1" "$Script" > "$TargetDir/$($Script.BaseName).md"
}
[int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds
"✔️ exported $($Scripts.Count) PowerShell scripts in $Elapsed sec"
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
```
*Generated by convert-ps2md.ps1 using the comment-based help of export-to-manuals.ps1*