Powershell scripts

!Powershell scripts

A collection of scripts, each serving a purpose to lighten a programmer's load and/or automate some process to an extent.

Escape XML characters.ps1

# This script takes the contents of the clipboard and replaces any XML special characters in it with their escaped versions.
# The mapping is achieved by the use of the "EscapeCharactersMap" hashtable.

# To use the script - simply copy the text with special characters (no need to paste it anywhere) and run the script.

# Example:
# 1. Clipboard text is "&xml<data'yay>".
# 2. Script is run.
# 3. Clipboard text is now "&amp;xml&lt;data&apos;yay&gt;"

$x = Get-Clipboard

$EscapeCharactersMap = @{}
$EscapeCharactersMap["&"] = "&amp;"
$EscapeCharactersMap["<"] = "&lt;"
$EscapeCharactersMap[">"] = "&gt;"
$EscapeCharactersMap["'"] = "&apos;"
$EscapeCharactersMap['"'] = "&quot;"

foreach($key in $EscapeCharactersMap.Keys)
{ $x = $x -replace $key, $EscapeCharactersMap[$key] }

Set-Clipboard -Value $x

Unescape XML characters.ps1

# This script takes the contents of the clipboard and replaces any XML escape characters in it with their symbol counterparts.
# The mapping is achieved by the use of the "SpecialSymbolsMap" map.

# To use the script - simply copy the text with special characters (no need to paste it anywhere) and run the script.

# Example:
# 1. Clipboard text is "&xml<data'yay>".
# 2. Script is run.
# 3. Clipboard text is now "&amp;xml&lt;data&apos;yay&gt;"

$x = Get-Clipboard

$SpecialSymbolsMap = @{}
$SpecialSymbolsMap["&amp;"] = "&"
$SpecialSymbolsMap["&lt;"] = "<"
$SpecialSymbolsMap["&gt;"] = ">"
$SpecialSymbolsMap["&apos;"] = "'"
$SpecialSymbolsMap["&quot;"] = '"'

foreach($key in $SpecialSymbolsMap.Keys)
{ $x = $x -replace $key, $SpecialSymbolsMap[$key] }

Set-Clipboard -Value $x