This PowerShell module wraps Mehdi Khalili's .NET Humanizer.
Humanizer meets all your .NET needs for manipulating and displaying strings, enums, dates, times, timespans, numbers and quantities http://humanizr.net
Install
To install grab it from the Powershell Gallery
Install-Module -Name PowerShellHumanizer
What's new
4/24/2016
Check out how to call the Humanize capabilities.
Using PowerShell Humanizer
Examples
Pluralize
PS C:\> ConvertTo-Plural man men PS C:\> echo person man woman | ConvertTo-Plural people men women
Singularize
PS C:\> echo people men women geese indicies oxen knives | ConvertTo-Singular person man woman goose indicy ox knife
Hyphenate
PS C:\> "Continuing To Make Powershell A Bit More Human" | ConvertTo-HyphenatedString continuing-to-make-powershell-a-bit-more-human
Number to ordinal words
PS C:\> ConvertTo-OrdinalWords 121 hundred and twenty first PS C:\> 120..130 | ConvertTo-OrdinalWords hundred and twentieth hundred and twenty first hundred and twenty second hundred and twenty third hundred and twenty fourth hundred and twenty fifth hundred and twenty sixth hundred and twenty seventh hundred and twenty eighth hundred and twenty ninth hundred and thirtieth
String Extension Methods
PS C:\> 'then add nodes under it.'.ToTitleCase() Then Add Nodes Under It. PS C:\> 'FromTitleCase'.Underscore() from_title_case PS C:\> 'then add nodes under it.'.TruncateWords(3) then add nodes… PS C:\> 'then add nodes under it.'.Truncate(3,"Words") then add nodes… PS C:\> 'then add nodes under it.'.Truncate(7, "Characters", '-') then a- PS C:\> 'then add nodes under it.'.Dehumanize() ThenAddNodesUnderIt. PS C:\> 'string'.ToQuantity(50) 50 strings PS C:\> 'string'.ToQuantity(50, "word") fifty strings PS C:\> (Get-Date).Year.ToRoman() MMXIV
Integer Extension Methods
PS C:\> Register-HumanizerInteger PS C:\> (3).Ordinalize() 3rd PS C:\> (3).ToWords() three PS C:\> Write-Host "Now: $(Get-Date). In three weeks: $((Get-Date) + (3).Weeks)" Now: 04/16/2014 09:18:10. In three weeks: 05/07/2014 09:18:10
TimeSpan Extension Methods
PS C:\> $past = Get-Date # Do some stuff PS C:\> ((Get-Date)-$past).Humanize() 1 minute PS C:\> ((Get-Date)-$past).Humanize(2) 1 minute, 42 seconds
DateTime Extension Methods
PS C:\> (Get-Date).Humanize($true) 4 hours ago PS C:\> (Get-Date).Humanize() now PS C:\> dir | select @{Label="LastModified";Expression={$_.LastWriteTime.ToUniversalTime().Humanize()}} LastModified ------------ 7 months ago 7 months ago 7 months ago 7 months ago one year ago 10 months ago
Custom TimeSpan Formats
PS C:\> measure-command { 1..15000000} 2 seconds, 981 milliseconds PS C:\> (get-date) - (get-date "1/1/2015") 57 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours PS C:\> $output = (get-date "1/1/2015") - (get-date) PS C:\> $output no time PS C:\> $output | fl Days : -405 Hours : -20 Minutes : -50 Seconds : -23 Milliseconds : -356 Ticks : -350670233562167 TotalDays : -405.868325882138 TotalHours : -9740.8398211713 TotalMinutes : -584450.389270278 TotalSeconds : -35067023.3562167 TotalMilliseconds : -35067023356.2167
Custom FileSystem Table Format
PS C:\> Get-ChildItem Directory: C:\Program Files\7-Zip Mode LastWritten Length Name ---- ----------- ------ ---- da---- 9 months ago Lang -a---- one year ago 93 KB 7-zip.chm -a---- one year ago 79 KB 7-zip.dll -a---- one year ago 49 KB 7-zip32.dll -a---- one year ago 1 MB 7z.dll -a---- one year ago 414 KB 7z.exe -a---- one year ago 178 KB 7z.sfx -a---- one year ago 163 KB 7zCon.sfx -a---- one year ago 784 KB 7zFM.exe -a---- one year ago 533 KB 7zG.exe -a---- 4 years ago 366 B descript.ion -a---- one year ago 40 KB History.txt -a---- one year ago 2 KB License.txt -a---- one year ago 2 KB readme.txt