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Searching For Powershell Functions In Scripts

Stuart Moore has a regex which looks for Powershell cmdlets used in a script:

Having had a quick bingle around for a prewritten regex example I didn’t come up with much that fitted the bill. So in the hope that this will help the next person trying to do this here they are:

Assumptions:

  • A PowerShell function name is of the form Word-Word

  • A PowerShell function definition is of the form “Function Word-Word”

  • A Powershell function call can be preceeded by a ‘|’,'(‘, or ‘ ‘

  • The script is written using a reasonable style, so there is a ‘ ‘ post call

Click through for the script.