Authoring PowerShell Script Modules

Posted on Wednesday, October the 30th 2024

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Create a file MyModule.ps1 and store it in any of the locations defined in $Env:PSModulePath (you can add custom locations by extending this environment variables) in a directory by the same name, i.e. if you store your module in /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules, the full path must be /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/MyModule/MyModule.ps1 or PowerShell won’t find the module file.
In your MyModule.ps1 define functions (possibly with [CmdletBinding()]param(...) declaration in the function body) and whatever you want to export; export module members with the Export-ModuleMember commandlet (e.g. Export-ModuleMember -Function MyFunction if you declared a function MyFunction)
Import module members using Import-Module (you may specify -Verbose to see what is being imported)

(GitHub.com) How to Write a Powershell Script Module

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