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  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Creates test text-based files with various character encodings.

  .DESCRIPTION
  Creates text-based test files using 
    * all 5 byte order-marked Unicode character encoding schemes, 
      both with and without BOM (Unicode signature)
    * default encodings,
      with the the platform's default encoding, [System.Text.Encoding]::Default

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function Get-DotNetCoreVersion {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Gets version information about a .NET Core installation or project.

.DESCRIPTION
Gets version information about the globally installed .NET Core components
or a specific project.

Note: Requires PSv6+, due to use of type

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<#
  Prerequisites: PowerShell version 3 or above.
  License: MIT
  Author:  Michael Klement <mklement0@gmail.com>
  
  DOWNLOAD and DEFINITION OF THE FUNCTION:
  
    irm https://gist.github.com/mklement0/8689b9b5123a9ba11df7214f82a673be/raw/Out-FileUtf8NoBom.ps1 | iex

  The above directly defines the function below in your session and offers guidance for making it available in future 

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<#

  Prerequisites: PowerShell v3+
  License: MIT
  Author:  Michael Klement <mklement0@gmail.com>

  DOWNLOAD and INSTANT DEFINITION OF THE FUNCTION:

    irm https://gist.github.com/mklement0/356acffc2521fdd338ef9d6daf41ef07/raw/Select-StringAll.ps1 | iex

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# fanout utility - send stdin input to multiple target commands.
#
# Copyright (c) 2017 Michael Klement, released under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
#
# Aside from requiring Bash 3+, this utility should be portable: 
# It uses only POSIX-compliant utilities with POSIX-compliant options.
#
# Invoke with --help for help.

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@echo off
setLocal enableDelayedExpansion
  :: === ADAPTING THIS TEMPLATE (for help, see bottom or invoke with "help") ===
  ::  * Step 1 of 3: CLONE THIS BATCH FILE and give it a name of your choice.
  ::  * Step 2 of 3: Set the TARGET LANGUAGE on the next line.
  ::                 One of: "ps1" "vbs" "js" (PowerShell, VBScript, JScript)
  ::                     OR: "all" (runs ALL embedded snippets, in sequence)          
  ::                 NOTE: To add support for a new language, search for "NEW LANGUAGE"
  ::                       below and follow the instructions there.
set "WRAPPER_LANG=ps1"

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<#

  Prerequisites: Windows PowerShell 5.1, PowerShell (Core) (v6+) - MAY work in earlier versions
  License: MIT
  Author:  Michael Klement <mklement0@gmail.com>

  DOWNLOAD and INSTANT DEFINITION OF THE FUNCTION:

    irm https://gist.github.com/mklement0/83e8e6a2b39ecec7b0a14a8e631769ce/raw/Test-WinCredential.ps1 | iex

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<#

  Prerequisites: PowerShell v5.1 and above (verified; may also work in earlier versions)
  License: MIT
  Author:  Michael Klement <mklement0@gmail.com>

  DOWNLOAD and DEFINITION OF THE FUNCTION:

    irm https://gist.github.com/mklement0/9e1f13978620b09ab2d15da5535d1b27/raw/Time-Command.ps1 | iex

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function Get-MinPsVersionForCmdlet {
  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Determines the minimum PowerShell version required for a given standard cmdlet.

  .DESCRIPTION
  NOTE:
   * v3 or higher is required to run this function.
   * Only cmdlets with help topics defined in the GitHub 
     PowerShell-documentation repository at 

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function Get-OpenFiles {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
      Finds open files.
    
    .DESCRIPTION
      Finds files currently being held open by any process and reports them as
      [System.IO.FileInfo] instances, as Get-ChildItem would.
    
      In fact, this function supports all parameters that Get-ChildItem does and