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*export-to-manuals.ps1*
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This PowerShell script exports the comment based help of all PowerShell scripts as manuals.
Parameters
----------
```powershell
PS> ./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
(1/2) Reading PowerShell scripts from /home/mf/PowerShell/Scripts/*.ps1 ...
(2/2) Exporting Markdown manuals to /home/mf/PowerShell/Scripts/../Docs ...
Exported 518 Markdown manuals in 28 sec
```
Notes
-----
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
Related Links
-------------
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
Script Content
--------------
```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
⏳ (1/2) Reading PowerShell scripts from /home/mf/PowerShell/Scripts/*.ps1 ...
⏳ (2/2) Exporting Markdown manuals to /home/mf/PowerShell/Scripts/../Docs ...
✔️ Exported 518 Markdown manuals 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()
"⏳ (1/2) Reading PowerShell scripts from $FilePattern ..."
$Scripts = Get-ChildItem "$FilePattern"
"⏳ (2/2) Exporting Markdown manuals to $TargetDir ..."
foreach ($Script in $Scripts) {
& "$PSScriptRoot/convert-ps2md.ps1" "$Script" > "$TargetDir/$($Script.BaseName).md"
}
[int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds
"✔️ Exported $($Scripts.Count) Markdown manuals 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 as of 10/19/2023 08:11:37)*