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Select files from a list generated by the pwshSpectreConsole module.
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#requires -version 7.5
#requires -module pwshSpectreConsole
Function Out-SelectFile {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Select files from a SpectreConsole list
.DESCRIPTION
Select files using Read-SpectreMultiSelection from the pwshSpectreConsole module. Selected objects will be written to the pipeline.
The filenames must be unique.
.EXAMPLE
PS C:> dir c:\temp -file | Out-SelectFile | Remove-Item
.LINK
Read-SpectreMultiSelection
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
[alias('osf')]
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[System.IO.FileInfo[]]$InputObject,
[Parameter(HelpMessage = "Specify the select page size greater or equal to 5.")]
[ValidateScript({$_ -gt 5},ErrorMessage = "Specify a page size >= 5")]
[int32]$PageSize = 25,
[Parameter(HelpMessage = "Specify a pwshSpectreConsole color")]
[alias("Color")]
[string]$SelectionColor = "Violet",
[Parameter(HelpMessage = "Specify a timeout value in seconds.")]
[ValidateScript({$_ -gt 0})]
[int]$Timeout
)
Begin {
#initialize an empty list to hold the files
$list = [System.Collections.Generic.List[System.IO.FileInfo]]::new()
} #begin
Process {
` #add each file to the list
foreach ($file in $InputObject) {
$list.Add($file)
}
} #process
End {
if ($list.Count -gt 0) {
Write-Information $list
#get the top-most directory path
$top = $list.DirectoryName | Sort-Object Length | Select-Object -first 1
$splat = @{
Message = "`nSelect file(s) to process from [SpringGreen1]$($top)[/]:"
Choices = $list
ChoiceLabelProperty = 'Name'
Color = $SelectionColor
AllowEmpty = $True
PageSize = $PageSize
}
If ($Timeout -gt 0) {
$splat.Add('TimeoutSeconds',$TimeOut)
}
Read-SpectreMultiSelection @splat
}
} #end
}
Register-ArgumentCompleter -CommandName Out-SelectFile -ParameterName SelectionColor -ScriptBlock {
param($commandName, $parameterName, $wordToComplete, $commandAst, $fakeBoundParameter)
[Spectre.Console.Color] |
Get-Member -Static -Type Properties |
Where-Object name -like "$WordToComplete*"|
Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name |
ForEach-Object {
$show = "[$_]$($_)[/]" | Out-SpectreHost
[System.Management.Automation.CompletionResult]::new($_, $show, 'ParameterValue', $_)
}
}
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