# Jeffery Hicks
# http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog
# follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JeffHicks
# "Those who forget to script are doomed to repeat their work."

#  ****************************************************************
#  * DO NOT USE IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT UNTIL YOU HAVE TESTED *
#  * THOROUGHLY IN A LAB ENVIRONMENT. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  IF   *
#  * YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS SCRIPT DOES OR HOW IT WORKS, *
#  * DO NOT USE IT OUTSIDE OF A SECURE, TEST SETTING.             *
#  ****************************************************************


Function Get-NumberedContent {
    param ([string] $filename=$profile)

    If (Test-Path $filename) {
        $counter = 0
        get-content $filename | foreach { 
            $counter++
            #default font color
            $fcolor="White"
            
            #determine if file is a script
            if ((Get-Item $filename).extension -match "bat|vbs|cmd|wsf|ps1") {    
                #determine if line is a comment. If so we want to write it in Green         
                if ($_.Trim().StartsWith("#") -or `
                    $_.Trim().StartsWith("'") -or `
                    $_.Trim().StartsWith("::") -or `
                    $_.Trim().ToLower().StartsWith("rem")) {
 
                   $fcolor="Green"
                }
            }
            #write a 4 digit line number the | bar an.d then the line of text from the file
            #trimming off any trailing spaces
            Write-Host ("{0:d4} | {1}" -f $counter,$_.TrimEnd()) -foregroundcolor $fcolor
            
             }
    }
    else {
        Write-Warning "Failed to find $filename"
        }
 } #end function
 
Set-Alias gnc Get-NumberedContent