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thedavecarroll / Join-OxfordComma.ps1
Last active November 19, 2022 04:23
The Join-OxfordComma command can provide you a comma separated list using the Oxford comma and either 'and' or 'or'.
function Join-OxfordComma {
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='And')]
[Alias('jox')]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline)]
[string[]]$JoinList,
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='And')]
[switch]$And,
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='Or')]
[switch]$Or
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thedavecarroll / cibuild
Last active September 9, 2022 05:29
Recent Changes to the Site - thedavecarroll.com
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e # halt script on error
echo
echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo
if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" -a "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "comments" ]; then
echo "Building site for pull request for $TRAVIS_BRANCH..."
echo
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thedavecarroll / Add-TimeSpan.sp1
Created August 10, 2022 08:11
Simple function to add timespan
function Add-TimeSpan {
[CmdLetBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='TimeSpan')]
param(
[Parameter()]
[datetime]$Timestamp = (Get-Date),
[Parameter(Mandatory,ParameterSetName='TimeSpan')]
[timespan]$TimeSpan,
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='TimeSlice')]
[int]$Days,
[Parameter(ParameterSetName='TimeSlice')]
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thedavecarroll / myboto3_client.py
Last active March 30, 2022 15:24
Python Exception Logger and Boto3 Client
import boto3
from mylogger import logger,log_exception
def create_session(profile_name='default'):
logger.info(f'Creating new boto3 session with profile {profile_name}')
try:
return boto3.session.Session(profile_name=profile_name)
except:
raise Exception( log_exception() )
function Split-Array {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
[String[]] $InputObject
,
[ValidateRange(1, [int]::MaxValue)]
[int] $Size = 10
)
begin { $items = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[object] }
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thedavecarroll / Get-ErrorCategory.ps1
Last active May 29, 2021 12:59
Twitter API Error Mapping
function Get-ErrorCategory {
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'APIV1.1')]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'APIV1.1')]
[string]$StatusCode,
[Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'APIV1.1')]
[string]$ErrorCode,
[Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'APIV2')]
[string]$ErrorType
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thedavecarroll / Invoke-DiceRoll.ps1
Last active April 27, 2021 21:09
Simple Dice Roller, a la D&D
function Invoke-DiceRoll {
[Alias('idr','roll')]
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[ValidatePattern(
'^(?:[1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-9]|20)d(4|6|8|12|20|30|100)$',
ErrorMessage='Valid die types are d4,d6,d8,d10,d12,d20,d30,d100 rolled beteen 1 and 20 times. Your input was {0}. Please try again.'
)]
[string]$Roll = '2d6',
[switch]$Total
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thedavecarroll / PSChangeLogTools .psm1
Last active April 1, 2021 04:40
PSChangeLogTools script module which uses local git log, GitHub release, and GitHub issues to generate changelog updates
#Requires -Module PowerShellforGitHub
#Requires -Version 5.1
# GitLog Class
# class definition created by ConvertTo-ClassDefinition at 3/31/2021 9:47:01 PM for object type PSCustomObject
class PSGitLog {
[String]$CommitId
[String]$ShortCommitId
[DateTime]$AuthorDate
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thedavecarroll / 1-Intermediate.ps1
Last active February 16, 2021 00:27
Another PowerShell Math Challenge - IronScripter Challenge - 2021-02-09 (Intermediate Only)
#requires -Version 7
function Get-SumTotal {
[CmdLetBinding()]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory,Position = 0,ValueFromPipeline)]
[ValidatePattern('^\d{1,10}$', ErrorMessage = '"{0}" does not match only numbers 0-9 with a maximum of 10.')]
#[ValidatePattern('^\d{1,10}$')]
#[ValidateScript({ if ($_ -notmatch '^\d{1,10}$') { throw ('{0}"{1}" does not match only numbers 0-9 with a maximum of 10.' -f [System.Environment]::NewLine,$_) } else { $true }})]
[string]$Value,
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thedavecarroll / SearchADDnsRecord.psm1
Last active January 8, 2024 16:09
This simple PowerShell script module uses a custom class and Get-ADObject to search an Active Directory-integrated DNS Zone by name or partial name.
#Requires -Version 5.1
#Requires -Module ActiveDirectory
$script:ADRootDSE = Get-ADRootDSE
class ADDnsNode {
# AD Object Properties
[String]$Name
[String]$CanonicalName