Out-ISEFile (V 0.9)

Just read the following tweet:

@MaxTrinidad Need the path to the various profile scripts on a system? Try $profile.psextended | Format-List (Try it in #PowerShell ISE too)

from @alexandair.

As I'm using ISE all day long, I tried it immedeatly and here is my result:

AllUsersAllHosts : C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
AllUsersCurrentHost : C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_pro
file.ps1
CurrentUserAllHosts : C:\Users\berndk.MMEDVNT\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
CurrentUserCurrentHost : C:\Users\berndk.MMEDVNT\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShe
llISE_profile.ps1

Oops again the PowerShells f***ing wrapping behavior. It's time to write a work around:

function Out-IseFile            
{            
            
    [CmdletBinding()]            
    param (            
        [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $True,  ValueFromPipeline = $True)]                    
        $msg,             
        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $False, ValueFromPipeline = $False)]                    
        $path = $null,            
        [switch]$fl            
    )            
    if ($fl)            
    {            
        $msg = $msg |  Format-list | out-string -width 2000             
    }            
                
    $count   = $psise.CurrentPowerShellTab.Files.count            
    $null    = $psIse.CurrentPowerShellTab.Files.Add()            
    $Newfile = $psIse.CurrentPowerShellTab.Files[$count]            
    if ($path)            
    {                
        $NewFile.SaveAs($path)            
        $NewFile.Save([Text.Encoding]::default)            
    }            
    $Editor = $Newfile.Editor            
    #$Editor.SetCaretPosition($Editor.LineCount, 1)            
                
    $ar = $msg -split "`r`n" | %{ $_  -replace '\s*$', '' }            
            
    $msg = $ar -join  "`r`n"            
            
    $msg = $msg +  "`r`n"            
    $Editor.InsertText($msg)            
    $Newfile            
            
}            
            
            
$null = $profile.psextended | out-IseFile -fl            
            

To use it just type:

$null = $profile.psextended | out-IseFile -fl

Please note: this is work in progress.
The main trick is to use Out-String with a long width parameter, that suppresses the unwanted wrapping.
For some reason (I guess it's just what we call in German Gedankenlosigkeit) Out-String emits trailing blanks. I included code to get rid of it.

Because Format-List seams rather frequent, I added the fl switch.

Remeber when ISE-Output pane behaves naughty ( and that is quite often) just send your output to a fresh editor. That makes it easy to edit and save it, if you want.

Have fun extending ISE.

Bernd

PS: Thanks to JS who made it extendable.