PowerShell Function Catalog

Converts a video file to an animated GIF using ffmpeg.

Convert-VideoToGif -InputFile "video.avi"

Converts a video file to H.264 format using ffmpeg.

Convert-VideoToH264 -InputFile "input.mp4" -OutputFile "output.mp4"

Converts a video file to high-quality H.264 MP4 format using ffmpeg.

Convert-VideoToHighQualityMP4 -InputFile "video.avi"

Converts a video file to both high-quality MP4 and animated GIF.

Convert-VideoToMP4AndGif -InputFile "video.avi"

ConvertTo action for GroupedFileCount.

ConvertTo-GroupedFileCount -FilePaths <value>

Copies incoming text to the Windows clipboard.

'npm run start' | copyCommand

Copies the current directory path to the Windows clipboard.

CopyCurDir

Disables case sensitivity for a directory.

Disable-FolderCaseSensitive

Runs dotnet watch run with --no-restore for the current or specified .NET project.

dnwr

Enables case sensitivity for a directory.

Enable-FolderCaseSensitive

Returns the name of the current Git repository

Get-CurrentGitName

Returns the remote URL of the current Git repository

Get-CurrentGitUrl

Displays all custom PowerShell profile aliases with descriptions.

Get-CustomAliasHelp

Queries the case-sensitivity setting of a directory.

Get-FolderCaseSensitive

Get action for GitAnalysisRepositoryRoot.

Get-GitAnalysisRepositoryRoot -Path <value>

Lists files most frequently touched by bug-fix commits.

Get-GitBugHotspots

Lists the most frequently changed files in a Git repository.

Get-GitChurnHotspots

Shows commit counts grouped by month.

Get-GitCommitVelocityByMonth

Lists contributors ranked by non-merge commit count.

Get-GitContributorsByCommitCount

Lists likely firefighting commits such as hotfixes or rollbacks.

Get-GitFirefightingCommits

Returns the meaning of an HTTP status code

Get-HttpStatusMeaning 200

Parses a URL into its component parts

Get-UrlParts "https://www.example.com:8080/path/to/page?param1=value1&param2=value2#section"

Parses a string and returns the corresponding words from a dictionary (NATO phonetic by default).

Get-WordsFromDictionary -InputString "abc"

Returns the current date in ISO 8601 format (yyyy-MM-dd).

GetISoDate

Returns the current date and time in ISO 8601 compact format (yyyyMMddTHHmmss).

GetISoDateTime

Installs psmux via winget

Install-Psmux

Installs Docker sbx via winget

Install-Sbx

Installs the Squad CLI via npm

Install-Squad

Installs dotnet-serve globally and serves a file or directory

Invoke-DotnetServe "C:\path\to\file.html"

Executes fsutil.exe with the given arguments, using sudo when not running as Administrator.

Invoke-FsutilCommand -Arguments @('file', 'queryCaseSensitiveInfo', 'C:\MyFolder')

Runs the five Git diagnostics from issue #13 in PowerShell.

Invoke-GitRepositoryAnalysis

Returns the current date and time as a four-part version number (1.yyyy.MMdd.HHmm).

IsoDateTimeAsVersion

Configures recommended default Windows Explorer and security settings.

MakeDefault

Creates a directory and changes the current location to it.

MakeDirCD -Path "MyNewFolder"

Clones the current Git repo into a new branch-specific workspace folder

New-BranchWorkspace myFeature

Creates a new temporary directory.

$tempDir = New-TempDirectory

Enables or disables network adapters to control internet connectivity

Set-InternetConnectivity -State Off

Sets Windows to Dark or Light mode by writing to the registry theme settings.

Set-WindowsMode -Mode Dark

Displays a Windows system tray balloon notification.

Show-BalloonNotification -Title "Done" -Message "Build completed successfully!"

Prints a text calendar for a month.

Show-MonthCalendar

Splits a file path into individual segments, printing each on its own line.

Split-PathToLines -Path "C:\Users\me\Documents"

Starts a command as a hidden background PowerShell process.

Start-BackgroundProcess notepad

Runs dotnet watch run for the nearest .csproj project, including Aspire AppHost projects.

Start-DotNetWatch

Starts a simple countdown timer for the specified number of minutes.

Start-MinuteTimer -Minutes 5

Starts Notepad with a new temporary text file in the user's temp folder.

Start-TempNotepad

Extracts all zip files in the specified directory into a destination folder.

Start-Unzip

Kills a process by PID or name, force-killing it if it does not stop within 10 seconds.

Stop-ProcessWithRetry -ProcessOrPID notepad

Toggles network adapters on or off based on current state

Toggle-InternetConnectivity

Toggles network adapters off, waits 10 seconds, then toggles them back on.

Toggle-InternetConnectivity2

Downloads the latest pws-profile.ps1 from GitHub next to your $PROFILE and ensures your profile dot-sources it.

updateMe

Waits until a process specified by PID or name has exited.

Wait-ForPID -ProcessOrPID 1234