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March 24, 2020 08:58
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A PowerShell function to easily navigate to a folder within a $BaseDir from anywhere using a dynamic parameter for tab completion. I use it to jump to repos in my `c:\sources` directory.
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$BaseDir = "C:\sources" | |
Function go { | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param () | |
DynamicParam { | |
# Set the dynamic parameters' name | |
$ParameterName = 'Repo' | |
# Create the dictionary | |
$RuntimeParameterDictionary = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary | |
# Create the collection of attributes | |
$AttributeCollection = New-Object System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute] | |
# Create and set the parameters' attributes | |
$ParameterAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute | |
$ParameterAttribute.Mandatory = $true | |
$ParameterAttribute.Position = 0 | |
# Add the attributes to the attributes collection | |
$AttributeCollection.Add($ParameterAttribute) | |
# Generate and set the ValidateSet | |
$arrSet = Get-ChildItem $BaseDir\*, $BaseDir\*\* | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer } | Select-Object -Property Name,FullName | |
$ValidateSetAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute($arrSet | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name) | |
# Add the ValidateSet to the attributes collection | |
$AttributeCollection.Add($ValidateSetAttribute) | |
# Create and return the dynamic parameter | |
$RuntimeParameter = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter($ParameterName, [string], $AttributeCollection) | |
$RuntimeParameterDictionary.Add($ParameterName, $RuntimeParameter) | |
return $RuntimeParameterDictionary | |
} | |
begin { | |
# Bind the parameter to a friendly variable | |
$Repo = $PsBoundParameters[$ParameterName] | |
} | |
process { | |
$location = $arrSet | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $Repo } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName | |
Set-Location $location | |
} | |
} |
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