Source: StackOverflow
With a Linux Guest run this:
sudo dd if=/dev/zero | pv | sudo dd of=/bigemptyfile bs=4096k
sudo rm -rf /bigemptyfile
Mötz Jensen Splaxi
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/ vdi-file-compacting.md
Created
October 6, 2017 07:01
— forked from kuznero/vdi-file-compacting.md
How to compact VirtualBox's VDI file size?
Splaxi
/ format-cbh.ps1
Last active
October 7, 2018 21:56
— forked from potatoqualitee/format-cbh.ps1
reformat and standardize comment based help in powershell
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| function Get-Header ($text) { | |
| $start = $text.IndexOf('<#') | |
| $temp = $start - 2 | |
| if($temp -gt 0) { | |
| $text.SubString(0, $start - 2) | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| "" | |
| } | |
| } |
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/ helptest.ps1
Last active
October 19, 2018 05:24
— forked from nohwnd/helptest.ps1
Automatic example testing
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| $excludeCommands = @( | |
| "Invoke-D365SCDPBundleInstall" | |
| ) | |
| $commandsRaw = Get-Command -Module d365fo.tools | |
| if ($excludeCommands.Count -gt 0) { | |
| $commands = $commandsRaw | Select-String -Pattern $excludeCommands -SimpleMatch -NotMatch | |
| } |
Splaxi
/ testing examples code
Created
October 8, 2018 06:38
— forked from SQLDBAWithABeard/testing examples code
testiong examples code
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| $Function = 'Get-DbcCheck' | |
| Describe "$Function" { | |
| Context "Checking $Function Examples" { | |
| $Examples = Get-Help $Function -Examples | |
| foreach ($examplecode in $Examples.examples.example.Code) { | |
| It "Example Code $examplecode should not throw" { | |
| {$examplecode} | Should -Not -Throw | |
| } |
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/ gist:6d746acc56f48c3c044ecdee03ab1f08
Created
October 8, 2018 07:12
— forked from NakedPowerShell/gist:9711e57e18fa4c4cd0fed148497f900e
Script to generate all the exploration I normally do when I want to install a new PowerShell module
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| Function Show-ModExplore { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Generate all the exploration I normally do when I want to install a new PowerShell module | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Script to generate all the exploration I normally do when I want to install a new PowerShell module |
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/ AuthNtoAzureADwithPShellandADALHelperLib.ps1
Created
February 5, 2020 12:56
— forked from darrenjrobinson/AuthNtoAzureADwithPShellandADALHelperLib.ps1
AuthN to AzureAD using PowerShell and AzureAD PSM ADAL Helper Lib
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| # Hack to ignore versioning of the dll file and folder structure | |
| $folderName = (Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AzureAD\2.0.*\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.dll").Directory.Name | Sort-Object -Descending | Select-Object -First 1 | |
| # ADAL Helper Lib | |
| Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AzureAD\$folderName\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.dll" | |
| # Azure tenant | |
| $tenant = "" | |
| # Application ID for Powershell client | |
| $client_Id = "1950a258-227b-4e31-a9cf-717495945fc2" | |
| # Login URI |
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/ download-latest-release.ps1
Last active
May 31, 2024 23:15
— forked from MarkTiedemann/download-latest-release.ps1
Download latest GitHub release via Powershell
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| # Download latest dotnet/codeformatter release from github | |
| $repo = "jgm/pandoc" | |
| $filenamePattern = "*x86_64.zip" | |
| $pathExtract = "C:\Tools\pandoc" | |
| $innerDirectory = $true | |
| $preRelease = $false | |
| if ($preRelease) { | |
| $releasesUri = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases" |
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/ ModuleFast.ps1
Last active
May 17, 2021 17:49
— forked from JustinGrote/ModuleFast.ps1
A high performance Powershell Gallery Module Installer
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| Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web | |
| Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Net.Http | |
| $ENV:PATH="$ENV:PATH;C:\Temp\d365fo.tools\nuget" | |
| #requires -version 5 | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| High Performance Powershell Module Installation | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| This is a proof of concept for using the Powershell Gallery OData API and HTTPClient to parallel install packages |