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if you are like me and spend most of your day at a PowerShell prompt, anything that simplifies that process is worth the time to learn or set up. Even though I am a decent typist, I am more than happy to find ways to type less at a PowerShell prompt. I already take advantage of tab completion and PSReadline features. But there is always more to be done. Here's the situation, which I think you can relate to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let's say that I frequently run a PowerShell command like this from the console prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get-Childitem c:\\work -file | Select-Object -Property \"Name\",\"Length\",\"CreationTime\",\"LastWriteTime\" <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
I'm using files, but it could be any command where you repeatedly want the same collection of property names. I  could create variable for the property names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$p = \"Name\",\"Length\",\"CreationTime\",\"LastWriteTime\"\ndir c:\\work -file | select $p <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
But I'd have to remember to always define that variable. I could  define this in my PowerShell profile, but there's a better way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Property Sets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
PowerShell's extensible type system (ETS) allows for something called a property set<\/em>. This is a collection of properties that you can reference by a single property name. The process object from Get-Process includes a few of these by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
You can try it yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
get-Process | Select psconfiguration<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Instead of having to type the 4 property names, you only have to type one. Even less is you use tab completion! To ease my typing burden in my sample scenario, I want a property set for file objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New-PSPropertySet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now for the not-so-easy part. Creating other type extensions like an alias property is simple with Update-TypeData. But a property set can only be defined in a .ps1xml file which is then imported using Update-TypeData. Ugh. Who wants to create XML? So I \"cheated\" and wrote a command to do it for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have updated my PSTypeExtensionTools <\/a>module to add a new function called New-PSPropertySet<\/a>. I can use this function to easily create the .ps1xml file. You can install the PSTypeExtensionTools module from the PowerShell Gallery. You will need v1.71 or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To create an extension, you need to know the type name. This is what you see when you pipe to Get-Member. Here's how easy it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New-PSPropertySet -Typename System.IO.FileInfo -Name TimeSet -Properties \"Name\",\"Length\",\"CreationTime\",\"LastWriteTime\" -FilePath c:\\work\\file.types.ps1xml<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
My property set will be called TimeSet and use the specified properties.  You need to use the ps1xml file extension so that you can import it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Update-TypeData C:\\work\\file.types.ps1xml<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Now I can use this property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
As long as I am at this, I think I'll create some new type extensions with another command from the PSTypeExtensionTools module and then define a new property set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add-PSTypeExtension -TypeName system.io.fileinfo -MemberType AliasProperty -MemberName Size -Value Length\nAdd-PSTypeExtension -TypeName system.io.fileinfo -MemberType ScriptProperty -MemberName ModifiedAge -Value {New-TimeSpan -Start $this.lastwritetime -End (Get-Date)}\nNew-PSPropertySet -Typename system.io.fileinfo -Name Age -Properties Name,Size,LastWriteTime,ModifiedAge -Append -FilePath C:\\work\\file.types.ps1xml<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
I haven't loaded the new property set but I can test the properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The module has mechanisms for exporting and importing type extensions using JSON or XML. But since I have a property set, I might as well include the type extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Export-PSTypeExtension -TypeName system.io.fileinfo -MemberName Size,ModifiedAge -Path c:\\work\\file.types.ps1xml -append\nUpdate-TypeData C:\\work\\file.types.ps1xml<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If you re-import a file that attempts to define an existing extension, PowerShell will throw an exception. There's no ability to force an update when using a .ps1xml file. But the new settings will be created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Now I can get results with the property names I want, like Size<\/em>, create new properties like ModifiedAge<\/em>, and reference a group of properties as a set, like Age<\/em>. All I need to do is add the Update-TypeData command in my PowerShell profile script.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope you find this as useful as I do. Feel free to leave comments or questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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