Add PowerShell Snippets to Visual Studio Code

• Intro
  • Linux
  • Windows
• Edit powershell.json
• Related
• Links

Intro

Visual Studio Code Snippets are stored in JSON files, one JSON file for each language PowerShell, Python, rust etc. In this write up we will be adding a new custom snippet ForEachWithProgress.

Prefix = what you need to type in VS Code in order for the snippet suggestion to pop up
powershell.json is located in the following locations

Linux

~/.config/Code/User/snippets/powershell.json

Windows

$env:appdata\code\user\snippets\powershell.json

Edit powershell.json

You will add in a new JSON block “My New Snippet”: { } withing the already existing {}
You will need to
escape ” with a \
escape $ with a $$

"ForEachWithProgress": {
		"prefix": "foreach",
		"description": "foreach with write progress",
		"body": [
			"$$CounterCollection = 0",
			"foreach ($$item in $$Collection)",
			"\t{",
			"\t\tWrite-Progress -Status 'Comparing' -Activity \"$CounterCollection of $($Collection.Count) Iterating Over Collecction\" -PercentComplete $($CounterCollection / $($Collection.Count) * 100)",
			"\t\t$$CounterCollection++",
			"\t}",
		]
	}

Then use something like Ansible to push it out across the fleet

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Links

• https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets
• https://code.visualstudio.com/