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85 lines
1.9 KiB
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## The *locate-city.ps1* Script
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This PowerShell script prints the geographic location of the given city.
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## Parameters
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```powershell
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/home/mf/Repos/PowerShell/Scripts/locate-city.ps1 [[-City] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
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-City <String>
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Specifies the city to look for
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Required? false
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Position? 1
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Default value
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Accept pipeline input? false
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Accept wildcard characters? false
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[<CommonParameters>]
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This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
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WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
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```
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## Example
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```powershell
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PS> ./locate-city Paris
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```
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## Notes
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Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
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## Related Links
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https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
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## Source Code
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```powershell
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<#
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.SYNOPSIS
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Prints the geographic location of a city
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.DESCRIPTION
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This PowerShell script prints the geographic location of the given city.
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.PARAMETER City
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Specifies the city to look for
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.EXAMPLE
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PS> ./locate-city Paris
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.LINK
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https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
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.NOTES
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Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
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#>
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param([string]$City = "")
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try {
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if ($City -eq "" ) { $City = read-host "Enter the city name" }
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write-progress "Reading worldcities.csv..."
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$Table = import-csv "$PSScriptRoot/../Data/worldcities.csv"
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$FoundOne = 0
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foreach($Row in $Table) {
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if ($Row.city -eq $City) {
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$FoundOne = 1
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$Country = $Row.country
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$Region = $Row.admin_name
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$Lat = $Row.lat
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$Long = $Row.lng
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$Population = $Row.population
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write-host "* $City ($Country, $Region, population $Population) is at $Lat°N, $Long°W"
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}
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}
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if ($FoundOne) {
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exit 0 # success
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}
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write-error "City $City not found"
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exit 1
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} catch {
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"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
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exit 1
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}
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```
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*Generated by convert-ps2md.ps1 using the comment-based help of locate-city.ps1*
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