Table of Contents

Powershell Examples

Common Script Structure

Basic script with parameters

param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [String]$src = "alpha",
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [String]$dest = "beta",
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [switch]$recurse
)
 
function main {
    Write-Host $recurse
    Write-Host $src
    Write-Host $dest
}
 
main

Alt Format

param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]
    $src = "alpha",
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]
    $dest = "beta",
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [switch]
    $recurse
)
 
function main {
    Write-Host $recurse
    Write-Host $src
    Write-Host $dest
}
 
main

Loop Over Files

Example of looping over files and doing something with them

param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [String]$dir
)
 
foreach ($file in Get-ChildItem -File $dir) {
    jq -s -f .\filter.jq $dir\$file
}