Ok, just a small one today. You won’t save any typing with this, as the actual code is just one line, and not much longer than the function name. But I think it looks nicer, and it’s easier to remember. Besides, it looks more like “proper” PowerShell.
This function takes input and converts it to a ScriptBlock. Nothing more, nothing less.
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function ConvertTo-ScriptBlock{ | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Convert to ScriptBlock. | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Convert input to ScriptBlock. | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Get-Content '.\scriptFile.ps1' -raw | ConvertTo-ScriptBlock | |
Converts a script file to a ScriptBlock. | |
.NOTES | |
Author: Øyvind Kallstad | |
Date: 13.03.2014 | |
Version: 1.0 | |
#> | |
param ( | |
# Input you want converted to a ScriptBlock. | |
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]$InputObject | |
) | |
try { | |
$scriptBlock = [ScriptBlock]::Create($inputObject) | |
} | |
catch { | |
Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message | |
} | |
Write-Output $scriptBlock | |
} |