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How to Extract all of the Cmdlets used in a Script

How to Extract all of the Cmdlets used in a Script
This idea actually came from a member of my class.  He compiled all of the code that we created over the past week and wanted to know every unique cmdlet that we used.  He was attempting to work with the –Match comparison operator and had a good query.  I thought this was a good idea so I wrote some code to help him out.
This is a good way to inventory your cmdlets so you can find out which modules you need to have available when running your code on other nodes.

# How to extract all of the unique cmdlets used in a script.

Function Get-UsedCommands
{
Param (
    [Switch]
    $Count,

    [String]
    $Path
)

    Try
    {

        $Data = Get-Content -Path $Path -ErrorAction Stop
        $Ary = @()
        $Output = @()

        ForEach ($D in $Data)
        {

                $Ary += Select-String "\w+-\w+" -input $D -AllMatches |
                Foreach {$_.matches}

        }

        # Verify that each cmdlet starts with a PowerShell verb.
        # This is to prevent false positives.
        $Verbs = (Get-Verb).Verb
            ForEach ($A in $Ary)
            {
                $Value = ($A.Value).Remove(($A.Value).IndexOf("-"),$A.length-($A.Value).IndexOf("-"))
                If ($Value -in $Verbs)
                {
                    $Output += $A.Value.trim()
                }
            }

        If ($Count)
        {
            $Obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
                Count = ($Output | Sort-Object -Unique | Measure-Object).Count
                }
            Write-Output $Obj
        }
        Else {$Output | Sort-Object -Unique}
    }
    Catch
    {Write-Warning "File not found"}

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Reads a file and gets all of the cmdlets used.

.DESCRIPTION
Reads the contents of a file and either displays all of the unique
cmdlets used in the file or counts them.  Only cmdlets that use
approved PowerShell verbs will be counted.

.PARAMETER Count
Returns the number of unique PowerShell Commands used.

.PARAMETER Path
The path to the script.

.Example
Get-UsedCommands -Path "E:\One Drive\ChangeUsers.ps1"
Reads the ChangeUsers.ps1 file and returns the unique cmdlets used in that script.

.Example
Get-UsedCommands -Path "E:\One Drive\ChangeUsers.ps1" -Count
Reads the ChangeUsers.ps1 file and counts the unique cmdlets used in that script.

.NOTES
===============================================================================
== Cmdlet: Get-UsedCommands                                                  ==
== Author: Jason A. Yoder                                                    ==
== Company: MCTExpert of Arizona                                             ==
== Date: January 15, 2016                                                    ==
== Copyright: All rights reserved.                                           ==
== Version: 1.0.0.0                                                          ==
== Legal: The user assumes all responsibility and liability for the usage of ==
== this PowerShell code.  MCTExpert of Arizona, Its officers, shareholders,  ==
== owners, and their relatives are not liable for any damages.  As with all  ==
== code, review it and understand it prior to usage.  It is recommended that ==
== this code be fully tested and validated in a test environment prior to    ==
== usage in a production environment.                                        ==
==                                                                           ==
== Does this code make changes: NO                                           ==
===============================================================================
#>

}


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