Windows PowerShell?

[Legodude77]

What is this? My computer just updated and now there is this thing in accessories called "Windows PowerShell." It looks like command prompt but more newer looking. 

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[Tom]

I think it's pretty much a newer command prompt with better scripting.

[hodototman]

The same thing happened to me too... i dunno. i hope it's useful.

[Iban]

Hey I see it too

It's so purdy @___@

[Truce]

Powershell is basically a scripting language. I've written some stuff in it before.
The only productive thing I've used it for though is checking out process details.

MazeTest.ps1

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cls

if(!(test-path $args[0]))
{
"Error: Must provide an existing file to read from."
return
}

$map  = get-content $args[0]
$xdim = $map[0].Length + 1
$ydim = $map.Length + 1
$ypos = 0
$key  = ""

foreach($line in $map)
{
if($line.IndexOf("S") -ne -1)
{
$xpos = $line.IndexOf("S")
break
}

$ypos++
}

$xorg = [console]::WindowWidth
$yorg = [console]::WindowHeight

[console]::SetWindowSize($xdim,$ydim)
[console]::SetBufferSize($xdim,$ydim)
[console]::CursorVisible = $false

$map
[console]::setCursorPosition($xpos,$ypos); ">"

while($key -ne "Escape")
{
$key  = [console]::ReadKey($true).Key
$xdir = 0
$ydir = 0

switch($key)
{
"UpArrow"    { $ydir = -1 }
"DownArrow"  { $ydir =  1 }
"LeftArrow"  { $xdir = -1 }
"RightArrow" { $xdir =  1 }
}

if($xdir -ne 0 -or $ydir -ne 0)
{
$newx = $xpos + $xdir
$newy = $ypos + $ydir

if($newx -ge 1 -and $newx -lt ($xdim - 1) -and $newy -ge 1 -and $newy -lt ($ydim - 1))
{
$chr = $map[$newy].Substring($newx,1)

if($chr -eq " " -or $chr -eq "S")
{
[console]::setCursorPosition($xpos,$ypos); " "

$xpos = $newx
$ypos = $newy

[console]::setCursorPosition($xpos,$ypos)

switch($xdir * 2 + $ydir)
{
-2 { "<" }
-1 { "^" }
1 { "V" }
2 { ">" }
}
}

if($chr -eq "F")
{
cls

$xpos = [console]::WindowWidth  / 2 - 4
$ypos = [console]::WindowHeight / 2 - 1

[console]::setCursorPosition($xpos,$ypos); "You won!"

$temp = $key

while($temp -eq $key)
{
$temp = [console]::ReadKey($true).Key
}

cls

[console]::SetWindowSize($xorg,$yorg)
[console]::SetBufferSize($xorg,$yorg)

return
}
}
}
}

cls

[console]::SetWindowSize($xorg,$yorg)
[console]::SetBufferSize($xorg,$yorg)

10x10.dat

                     
 #####################
 #       #       #   #
 ### ######### ### ###
 #       # # #   #   #
 ### ##### # # ### ###
 #       #         # #
 # # # # ### ##### # #
 # # # #       # #   #
 # ##### ### ### ### #
 # #     #     # # # #
 # # # ##### # # # # #
 # # # #   # #     # #
 # # ### # # ### #####
 # # #   #   #       #
 # ### ### # # ### # #
 # #     # # # #   # #
 ### ##### ### ### # #
 # # #       # #   # #
 # # ####### ### # # #
 S   #       #   # # #
 #######F#############

Then run ./MazeTest.ps1 10x10.dat to try it.