ss helper script

Command line may not work appropriately with provided number of arguments.

Our past parsing method,

function ss() {
  if ($args.Count -lt 1) {
    return "Please provide correct commandline"
  }
  elseif ($args.Count -eq 1) {
    & "$Env:PS_SC_DIR\ss.ps1" $args
  }
  else {
    $cmd = $args[0]
    echo "cmd: `"$cmd`""
    $cargs = [string]$args
    # echo "cargs: `"$cargs`""
    $cargs = $cargs.Substring($cmd.Length-1)
    # remove remaining spaces
    $cargs = $cargs.TrimStart()
    echo "cargs: `"$cargs`""
    # try 1
    # & "$Env:PS_SC_DIR\ss.ps1" $args[0] $cargs
    # try 2
    # & "$Env:PS_SC_DIR\ss.ps1" (, $args)
    # try 3:  experminent start-job
    # Start-Job -filepath ss.ps1 -arg (,$args)
    # try 4 invoke
    # Invoke-Command -FilePath $sspath -ArgumentList (,$args)
    # try 5 invoke
    # Invoke-Command -ArgumentList (,$args) -ScriptBlock { ss }
    # Write-Host "now args: $args"
    # Write-Host "now args: $saArgs"
    #$args.Remove(1)
    #Write-Host "now args: $args"
    & "$Env:PS_SC_DIR\ss.ps1" $saArgs
  }
  return ""
}

Then we changed to a better and simplier technique mentioned in pwsh Command Cache

• Misc section.

ss Help

Currently we focus more on tech info regarding the shell.

SAOS Enterprise users only. Privileged and no 2fac.
Operating System Kernel Build
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PW Shell Version

Previous version of ShowHelp,

Syntax for app path progs invocation,
   start program arg1, arg2
Following command line options are available:
   cd           Go to home dir
   ep           Edit profile
   eh           Edit system hosts file
   applist      List available applications from app path
   powershell   Run powershell with administrator privilege
   progname     (deprecated) use app_path and start command instead
   sgdm         diffmerge (SourceGear) use VS Diff instead
   winmerge     Start alternative file comparison utility
   help         Show this help

Code,

function ShowHelp {
  Write-Host "`r`nSS`: Cmd Assistant"
  Write-Host "==========================================================="
  Write-Host "Syntax for app path progs invocation,"
  Write-Host "   start program arg1, arg2"
  Write-Host "Following command line options are available:"
  Write-Host "   cd`t`tGo to home dir"
  Write-Host "   ep`t`tEdit profile"
  Write-Host "   eh`t`tEdit system hosts file"
  # Write-Host "   git-cmd`tCreate env for git"
  # Write-Host "   ise`t`tPowershell_ise editor"
  Write-Host "   applist`tList available applications from app path"
  Write-Host "   powershell`tRun powershell with administrator privilege"
  Write-Host "   progname`t(deprecated) use app_path and start command instead"
  # Write-Host "   python`tCreate env for python"
  Write-Host "   sgdm`t`tdiffmerge (SourceGear) use VS Diff instead"
  Write-Host "   winmerge`tStart alternative file comparison utility"
  # Write-Host "   res--con`tResize console window dimension (Resize-Console)"
  Write-Host "   help`t`tShow this help`n"
}