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auberginehill / Get-TimeDifference.ps1
Last active February 23, 2017 16:21
Examples of time difference calculations (between now and an arbitrary future date) and other date and time related tasks in Windows PowerShell.
<#
Get-TimeDifference.ps1
Windows PowerShell: For a more comfortable reading experience, please type
help ./Get-TimeDifference -Full
#>
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auberginehill / Rename-Files.ps1
Last active December 30, 2022 22:51
A Windows PowerShell script for renaming files.
<#
Rename-Files.ps1
#>
# Find all wmv-files with a string "oldstring" and replace "oldstring" with "newstring" in the filename
Get-ChildItem *.wmv -Filter "*oldstring*" | ForEach { Rename-Item $_ -NewName $_.Name.Replace("oldstring","newstring") }
# Change the file extension of all .jpeg files to .jpg
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auberginehill / Get-PowerShellSpecialFolders.ps1
Last active October 9, 2023 00:11
Retrieves Special Folders' names and corresponding paths along with the environment variable values in Windows PowerShell, and displays the generated commands used to get each value.
<#
Get-PowerShellSpecialFolders.ps1
#>
# Create an array that contains commands, how to get a particular special folder, and the values (paths) that they produce
$special_folders = @()
$names = [Environment+SpecialFolder]::GetNames([Environment+SpecialFolder]) | Sort
ForEach ($name in $names) {
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auberginehill / gapps-config.txt
Last active March 28, 2021 16:27
Open GApps installer configuration file (Android)
### Open GApps installer Options
#
# File Name: .gapps-config (takes precedence, filename begins with a dot )
# gapps-config.txt
# .gapps-config-DEVICENAME Device-specific config files will take precedence over the non-device-specific ones.
# The DEVICENAME can be found in open_apps_log.txt or in the name of the ROM download.
# gapps-config-DEVICENAME.txt Device-specific config files will take precedence over the non-device-specific ones.
# The DEVICENAME can be found in open_apps_log.txt or in the name of the ROM download.
#
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auberginehill / Disable-Defrag.ps1
Last active November 4, 2023 13:39
A Windows PowerShell script for disabling the automatic disk defragmentation.
<#
Disable-Defrag.ps1
#>
# Requires administrator rights
# Note: This script is mainly intended to use with systems with SSD drives, and is not particularly well suitable for systems with "traditional" HDD drives (with rotating disks).
# Note: The computer will be automatically rebooted at the end of this script (the first Step 5)
$path = $env:temp
$empty_line = ""
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auberginehill / Remove-EmptyFoldersLite.ps1
Last active May 12, 2018 02:20
A Windows PowerShell script for removing empty folders.
<#
Remove-EmptyFoldersLite.ps1
#>
# $path = "."
$path = "C:\Temp"
$filename = "deleted_folders.txt"
$txt_file = "$env:temp\$filename"
$separator = "---------------------"
$empty_line = ""
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auberginehill / Append-Csv.ps1
Last active July 27, 2018 20:21
Appends CSV-files with Windows PowerShell v2.0, adds two custom extra columns to the merged file & replaces an expression inside the outputted CSV-file.
<#
Append-Csv.ps1
#>
# The directory name contains at least one underscore in its name, and the first part
# is used in the outputted filename as a denominator ($directory = "denominator").
# Note: UTF8 encoding in source files, perhaps? (for special characters et al.)
$path = "$env:USERPROFILE\Documents\denominator_split_files"
$directory = (Split-Path $path -Leaf).Split("_")[0]
$csv_file = "$path\merged_csvfile_$directory.csv"
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auberginehill / Get-MapUsage.ps1
Last active July 11, 2017 16:49
Tries to retrieve a "number of views" -number from a Google My Maps map and write it to a log file (map_log.csv at $env:temp) - a Windows PowerShell script.
<#
Get-MapUsage.ps1
#>
# Description: Tries to retrieve a "number of views" -number from a Google My Maps map and write it to a log file (map_log.csv at $env:temp).
# Example URL: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=QuiteAFewRandomLettersAndNumbers
# Note: Please replace the string below (between the single quotation marks) with a correct Google My Maps mid, which could be
# either (A) the string after = symbol in the original URL
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auberginehill / Replace-String.ps1
Last active October 30, 2017 11:05
A code snippet, which replaces every occurrence of a string in a file with PowerShell
<#
Replace-String.ps1
#>
# Description: A code snippet, which replaces every occurrence of a string in a file with PowerShell
# Credit: rominator007: "How can I replace every occurrence of a String in a file with PowerShell?"
# Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17144355/how-can-i-replace-every-occurrence-of-a-string-in-a-file-with-powershell?rq=1
$content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("C:\Temp\example.txt").Replace("OldString","NewValue")
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText("C:\Temp\example.txt", $content)
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auberginehill / Convert-JsonToCsv.ps1
Last active July 26, 2019 10:25
Converts a certain JSON-file (from the current directory) into a CSV-file to the Temp-folder (a Windows PowerShell script).
<#
Convert-JsonToCsv.ps1
#>
# Establish common parameters
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$path = $env:temp
$enumeration = @()
$counter = 0