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<#
Display a randomly selected holiday quote in a festive color scheme
you can find more Christmas quotes at
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_christmas.html

Learn more about PowerShell:
http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/essential-powershell-resources/

#>

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#this must be run in the PowerShell console NOT the ISE
if ($host.name -ne 'ConsoleHost') {
    Write-Warning "Sorry. This must be run in the PowerShell console."
    #bail out
    Return
}

#get window dimensions
$X = $host.ui.RawUI.WindowSize.width

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#edited for clarity. 

function prompt {
$message = "$([char]9827) Éirinn go Brách $([char]9827) "
write-host $message -ForegroundColor green -NoNewline
"$((Get-Location).Path)>"
}

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Function Update-OLWLinkGlossary {

<#
.Synopsis
Update Open Live Writer Automatic Links
.Description
This command is designed to make it easier to update and add automatic links to Open Live Writer. It has primarily been written to make it easier to create automatic links for PowerShell commands but you should be able to use it for other items as well.

The command will try to find a matching entry by the Text and if found, will update with the specified values. Be aware that the text you use is case sensitive. Otherwise, the command will create a new entry.

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#requires -version 4.0
#requires -module ISE

<#
use this function in the PowerShell ISE to change location
to the directory of the currently selected file.

Learn more about PowerShell:
http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/essential-powershell-resources/
#>

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#add an ISE shortcut to select the current line

#put this in your ISE profile script

<#
Microsoft.PowerShell.Host.ISE.ISEMenuItem Add(
string displayName, 
scriptblock action,                               
System.Windows.Input.KeyGesture shortcut
)           

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#requires -version 3.0

<#
This command will attempt to execute a very simple scriptblock remotely using Invoke-Command. If the command fails
then PowerShell remoting is not properly enabled or configured.
#>
Function Test-PSRemoting {
[cmdletbinding()]

Param(

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#requires -version 3.0

Function ConvertTo-HTMLListing {

<#
.Synopsis
Convert text file to HTML listing
.Description
This command will take the contents of a text file and create an HTML document complete with line numbers. The command does not create an actual file. You would need to pipe to Out-File. See examples.
There are options to suppress the line numbers and to skip any blank lines. The command is intended to convert one file at a time although you can pipe a file name to the command. 

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#requires -version 4.0

<#
Display a random Git tip of the day to the console.
This script does not write anything to the pipeline.

You will need to clone or download the git-tips project locally 
from https://github.com/git-tips

This script is described at http://bit.ly/1OgpK7O

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#requires -version 3.0


Function Get-EventLogFile {

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Get information about classic event logs
.DESCRIPTION
This command will use the CIM cmdlets to gather information about event log files. The default is to display all classic style event logs or you can select a specific one by name.