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Recently I was tracking down a bug in script for a client. The problem turned out to be a simple typo. I could have easily avoided that by using Set-StrictMode, which I do now, but that's not what this is about. What I realized I wanted was a way to look at all the for \"words\" in a script. If I could look at them sorted, then typos would jump out. At least in theory.<\/p>\n

My plan was to get the content of a text file or script, use a regular expression pattern to identify all the \"words\" and then get a sorted and unique list. Here's what I came up with.<\/p>\n


\nFunction Get-ContentWords {<\/p>\n

[cmdletbinding()]<\/p>\n

Param (
\n[Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,
\nHelpMessage=\"Enter the filename for your text file\",
\nValueFromPipeline=$True)]
\n[string]$Path
\n)<\/p>\n

Begin {
\n Set-StrictMode -Version 2.0<\/p>\n

Write-Verbose \"Starting $($myinvocation.mycommand)\"<\/p>\n

#define a regular expression pattern to detect \"words\"
\n [regex]$word=\"\\b\\S+\\b\"
\n}<\/p>\n

Process {<\/p>\n

if ($path.gettype().Name -eq \"FileInfo\") {
\n #$Path is a file object
\n Write-Verbose \"Getting content from $($Path.Fullname)\"
\n $content=Get-Content -Path $path.Fullname
\n }
\n else {
\n #$Path is a string
\n Write-Verbose \"Getting content from $path\"
\n $content=get-content -Path $Path
\n }<\/p>\n

#add a little information
\n $stats=$content | Measure-Object -Word
\n Write-Verbose \"Found approximately $($stats.words) words\"<\/p>\n

#write sorted unique values
\n $word.Matches($content) | select Value -unique | sort Value
\n }<\/p>\n

End {
\n Write-Verbose \"Ending $($myinvocation.mycommand)\"
\n }<\/p>\n

} #close function
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

The function uses Get-Content to retrieve the content (what else?!) of the specified file. At the beginning of the function I defined a regular expression object to find \"words\".<\/p>\n


\n#define a regular expression pattern to detect \"words\"
\n[regex]$word=\"\\b\\S+\\b\"
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

This is an intentionally broad pattern that searches for anything not a space. The \\b element indicates a word boundary. Because this is a REGEX object, I can do a bit more than using a basic -match operator. Instead I'll use the Matches() method which will return a collection of match objects. I can pipe these to Select-Object retrieving just the Value property. I also use the -Unique parameter to filter out duplicates. Finally the values are sorted.<\/p>\n


\n$word.Matches($content) | select Value -unique | sort Value
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

The matches and filtering are NOT case-sensitive, which is fine for me. With the list I can see where I might have used write-host instead of Write-Host and go back to clean up my code. Let me show you how this works. Here's a demo script.<\/p>\n


\n#Requires -version 2.0<\/p>\n

$comp = Read-Host \"Enter a computer name\"<\/p>\n

write-host \"Querying services on $comp\" -fore Cyan
\n$svc = get-service -comp $comp<\/p>\n

$msg = \"I found {0} services on $comp\" -f $svc.count
\nWrite-Host \"Results\" -fore Green
\nWrite-Host $mgs -fore Green
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

The script has some case inconsistencies as well as a typo. I've dot sourced the function in my PowerShell session. Here's what I end up with.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For best results, you need to make sure there are spaces around commands that use the = sign. But now I can scan through the list and pick out potential problems. Sure, Set-StrictMode would help with variable typos but if I had errors in say comment based help, that wouldn't help. Maybe you'll find this useful in your scripting work, maybe not. But I hope you learned a few things about working with REGEX objects and unique properties.<\/p>\n

Download Get-ContentWords<\/a> and enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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