Show-CommandGUI an enhanced Show-Command for PowerShell

After my last post (PowerShell tricks - Use Show-Command to add a simple GUI to your functions). I was thinking how one could write a function that would not have the deficiencies that Show-Command has when it comes to providing a GUI for functions. In addition to what Show-Command does I wanted a function that: …

PowerShell tricks – Use Show-Command to add a simple GUI to your functions

The Show-Command cmdlet has been introduced in PowerShell Version 3 and is very useful to help discovering and learning more about PowerShell cmdlets and their respective parameters (also built into the ISE as the Show-Command Add-on).: Show-Command can be also utilized for your own functions in order to provide your users with a simple GUI …

A nicer PromptForChoice for the PowerShell Console Host

Sometimes it's not possible to fully automate a certain process and we need some input from the user(s) of the script in order to determine the further path of action. If this is based on a fixed set of choices the built-in PromptForChoice method can come to the rescue. Here is an example: https://gist.github.com/778414455f932e1f9ac8 Running …

Search file content by keyword using Everything + PowerShell + GUI

Even with Windows 10 MS still didn't manage to include a proper in-built file search functionality. If it is about searching for files I definitely prefer the excellent Everything search engine (see also my post on a PowerShell wrapper around Everything commandline) .But quite frequently I also need to search for keywords/pattern within files. PowerShell's …