The latest articles on DEV Community by torchiachristian (@torchiachristian). https://dev.to/torchiachristian https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3657990%2F882e2686-bf40-4a5b-8e6a-8adafb67f5e5.png https://dev.to/torchiachristian en torchiachristian Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:28:14 +0000 https://dev.to/torchiachristian/-26fj https://dev.to/torchiachristian/-26fj <div class="ltag__link"> <a href="/torchiachristian" class="ltag__link__link"> <div class="ltag__link__pic"> <img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3657990%2F882e2686-bf40-4a5b-8e6a-8adafb67f5e5.png" alt="torchiachristian"> </div> </a> <a href="https://dev.to/torchiachristian/building-a-searchable-powershell-cmdlet-reference-with-csv-23ac" class="ltag__link__link"> <div class="ltag__link__content"> <h2>Building a Searchable PowerShell Cmdlet Reference with CSV</h2> <h3>torchiachristian ・ Dec 12</h3> <div class="ltag__link__taglist"> </div> </div> </a> </div> torchiachristian Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:26:40 +0000 https://dev.to/torchiachristian/building-a-searchable-powershell-cmdlet-reference-with-csv-23ac https://dev.to/torchiachristian/building-a-searchable-powershell-cmdlet-reference-with-csv-23ac <p>I needed a structured, filterable list of PowerShell cmdlets for a documentation tool. Instead of scraping each time, I built a maintained CSV dataset.<br> <strong>A starter sample (sample.csv with 20 entries) is available in this GitHub repository:<br> [<a href="https://github.com/torchiachristian/powershell-cmdlet-dataset" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/torchiachristian/powershell-cmdlet-dataset</a>]</strong></p> <p><strong>The CSV includes these columns:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <code>Command</code>: The cmdlet name.</li> <li> <code>Module</code>: Its source module.</li> <li> <code>Category</code>: A usage category (e.g., Process, File).</li> <li> <code>Description</code>: A brief summary.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Example usage:</strong></p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> powershell # Find all process-related cmdlets $ref = Import-Csv -Path "./ps_cmdlet_ref.csv" $ref | Where-Object { $_.Category -eq 'Process' } | Format-Table Command, Module # List all modules in the dataset $ref | Select-Object Module -Unique </code></pre> </div> automation cli tooling