This function works like PowerShell's builtin cmdlet Get-Content, except, if you pass in a file that contains JSON, it will convert it for you. If for example, you are working with npm modules (node.js packages), they have a file package.json that are used for configuration information. So you can use it like this: ls . -recurse *.json | Get-Con…

Get-ContentJson.ps1

function Get-ContentJson {
    <#
        .Synopsis
            Get-ContentJson reads a json file, converts it an returns the object
        .Example
            ls . -recurse *.json | Get-ContentJson
        .Example
            Get-ContentJson (dir . *.json).fullname
    #>
    param(
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeLineByPropertyName)]
        $FullName
    )

    Process {
        [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($FullName) | 
            ConvertFrom-Json
    }
}

If you follow the naming convention for similar commands, wouldn't Import-Json be more appropriate? Following the lines of Import-CSV and Import-CliXml? Both of those commands read a file and deserialize objects from their specified format.