IsePackV2 | Fun With Show-LastOutput

Fun With Show-LastOutput

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IsePack is full of interesting tricks. Of my personal favorites is output interception.

When you're running IsePackV2, the output of every command is stored in a variable called $lastOutput.

You can show the last output in a side pane at any time by pressing ALT+O. When you do this, $lastOutput is rendered with Out-HTML, almost like it would be in a PowerShell Pipeworks web site. Let's check out some cool things you can do with this.

Resolve-Location "1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC"

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Common cmdlets tend to render well.

Get-Process

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If you've got a Wolfram|Alpha api key, this sample shows how much easier it is to view Wolfram|Alpha information in a sidebar pane.

Search-Engine "MSFT" -WolframAlphaApiKeySetting WolframAlphaApiKey -WolframAlpha

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Another awesome example of Show-LastOutput is using Search-Engine to search for images.

Search-Engine "PowerShell" -SearchService Image

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Almost as cool is the ability to search for videos.

Search-Engine "PowerShell" -SearchService Video

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Since user records in Pipeworks are [http://schema.org/Person]() objects, this is also a really useful way to get to show a user.

Active Directory objects will show telephone, office, location, and department.

$me = New-Object PSObject -Property @{            
    LiveId = '90cf87c2811c5385'            
    LiveIdAccessToken = 'NotGoingToTellYouThis'            
    UserEmail = 'james.brundage@start-automating.com'            
    Bio = 'Working Towards a Better World, One Script at a Time.'            
    Gender = 'male'            
    Birthday = '12/17/1981'            
    Name = 'James Brundage'            
}            
$me.pstypenames.clear()            
$me.pstypenames.add('http://schema.org/Person')            
$me