I just released PSNotes v1.0.0.

PSNotes is a PowerShell module that lets you build your own snippet library with:

  • Aliases for quick recall
  • Catalog-based organization
  • Direct execution or clipboard copy
  • Executing script via paths or as saved snippets
  • Support for remote catalogs allowing you to have your snippets everywhere
  • Quick browser to see all your notes at a glance
  • Works from Windows Terminal, VSCode, pwsh, or any PowerShell host (even ISE if you’re still using that)

The goal is simple: make it easier to reuse the commands you run constantly and remember the ones you don’t. Or if you are like me and get sick of typing out [System.Collections.Generic.List[PSObject]] forty times a day.

Full documentation and samples: https://github.com/mdowst/PSNotes

Release notes: https://github.com/mdowst/PSNotes/releases/tag/v1.0.0

PowerShell Gallery Listing: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PSNotes/1.0.0.0

I hope you find it useful. And as always, I’m open to any suggestions or feedback.

  • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Wow, this is interesting!

    My problem is it still relies on the human element working where it requires me to recognise I’ve done a cool thing, not move on to the next but instead consider how I’ll need this in x months and should therefore store it somehow/where.

    I’ve already got a huge-ass onenote of the frequent fliers, but the esoteric stuff still evades me

    • pwshguy (mdowst)OPM
      2·
      20 hours ago

      It’s funny that you mention that because I’m already working on a solution around that. I’m working on a solution that will periodically backup the contents from your PSReadline history and save it in a searchable format. Then have a cmdlet like Search-History "whatever keywords". I’d like to make it a daemon so it could record estimated times and what console it executed from. I know it would save me a ton for searching.

      Also, my one huge-ass OneNote was the reason for me creating this. I found there were a few I kept going back for regularly and wanted a quicker way to get them. Glad to know I’m not the only one.