fileTypes ps1 psm1 psd1 name PowerShell patterns begin <# beginCaptures 0 name punctuation.definition.comment.block.begin.powershell end #> endCaptures 0 name punctuation.definition.comment.block.end.powershell name comment.block.powershell patterns include #commentEmbeddedDocs match [2-6]>&1|>>|>|<<|<|>|>\||[1-6]>|[1-6]>> name keyword.operator.redirection.powershell include #commands include #commentLine include #variable include #subexpression include #function include #attribute include #UsingDirective include #type include #hashtable include #doubleQuotedString include #scriptblock comment Needed to parse stuff correctly in 'argument mode'. (See about_parsing.) include #doubleQuotedStringEscapes begin ['\x{2018}-\x{201B}] beginCaptures 0 name punctuation.definition.string.begin.powershell end ['\x{2018}-\x{201B}] applyEndPatternLast endCaptures 0 name punctuation.definition.string.end.powershell name string.quoted.single.powershell patterns match ['\x{2018}-\x{201B}]{2} name constant.character.escape.powershell begin (@["\x{201C}-\x{201E}])\s*$ beginCaptures 1 name punctuation.definition.string.begin.powershell end ^["\x{201C}-\x{201E}]@ endCaptures 0 name punctuation.definition.string.end.powershell name string.quoted.double.heredoc.powershell patterns include #variableNoProperty include #doubleQuotedStringEscapes include #interpolation begin (@['\x{2018}-\x{201B}])\s*$ beginCaptures 1 name punctuation.definition.string.begin.powershell end ^['\x{2018}-\x{201B}]@ endCaptures 0 name punctuation.definition.string.end.powershell name string.quoted.single.heredoc.powershell include #numericConstant begin (@)(\() beginCaptures 1 name keyword.other.array.begin.powershell 2 name punctuation.section.group.begin.powershell end \) endCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.group.end.powershell name meta.group.array-expression.powershell patterns include $self begin ((\$))(\() beginCaptures 1 name keyword.other.substatement.powershell 2 name punctuation.definition.subexpression.powershell 3 name punctuation.section.group.begin.powershell comment TODO: move to repo; make recursive. end \) endCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.group.end.powershell name meta.group.complex.subexpression.powershell patterns include $self match (\b(([A-Za-z0-9\-_\.]+)\.(?i:exe|com|cmd|bat))\b) name support.function.powershell match (?<!\w|-|\.)((?i:begin|break|catch|clean|continue|data|default|define|do|dynamicparam|else|elseif|end|exit|finally|for|from|if|in|inlinescript|parallel|param|process|return|sequence|switch|throw|trap|try|until|var|while)|%|\?)(?!\w) name keyword.control.powershell match (?<!\w|-|[^\)]\.)((?i:(foreach|where)(?!-object))|%|\?)(?!\w) name keyword.control.powershell begin (?<!\w)(--%)(?!\w) beginCaptures 1 name keyword.control.powershell end $ patterns match .+ name string.unquoted.powershell comment This should be moved to the repository at some point. comment This should only be relevant inside a class but will require a rework of how classes are matched. This is a temp fix. match (?<!\w)((?i:hidden|static))(?!\w) name storage.modifier.powershell captures 1 name storage.type.powershell 2 name entity.name.function comment capture should be entity.name.type, but it doesn't provide a good color in the default schema. match (?<!\w|-)((?i:class)|%|\?)(?:\s)+((?:\p{L}|\d|_|-|)+)\b match (?<!\w)-(?i:is(?:not)?|as)\b name keyword.operator.comparison.powershell match (?<!\w)-(?i:[ic]?(?:eq|ne|[gl][te]|(?:not)?(?:like|match|contains|in)|replace))(?!\p{L}) name keyword.operator.comparison.powershell match (?<!\w)-(?i:join|split)(?!\p{L})|! name keyword.operator.unary.powershell match (?<!\w)-(?i:and|or|not|xor)(?!\p{L})|! name keyword.operator.logical.powershell match (?<!\w)-(?i:band|bor|bnot|bxor|shl|shr)(?!\p{L}) name keyword.operator.bitwise.powershell match (?<!\w)-(?i:f)(?!\p{L}) name keyword.operator.string-format.powershell match [+%*/-]?=|[+/*%-] name keyword.operator.assignment.powershell match \|{2}|&{2}|; name punctuation.terminator.statement.powershell match &|(?<!\w)\.(?= )|`|,|\| name keyword.operator.other.powershell comment This is very imprecise, is there a syntax for 'must come after...' match (?<!\s|^)\.\.(?=\-?\d|\(|\$) name keyword.operator.range.powershell repository commentLine begin (?<![`\\-])(#)#* captures 1 name punctuation.definition.comment.powershell end $\n? name comment.line.powershell patterns include #commentEmbeddedDocs include #RequiresDirective attribute begin (\[)\s*\b(?i)(cmdletbinding|alias|outputtype|parameter|validatenotnull|validatenotnullorempty|validatecount|validateset|allownull|allowemptycollection|allowemptystring|validatescript|validaterange|validatepattern|validatelength|supportswildcards)\b beginCaptures 1 name punctuation.section.bracket.begin.powershell 2 name support.function.attribute.powershell end (\]) endCaptures 1 name punctuation.section.bracket.end.powershell name meta.attribute.powershell patterns begin \( beginCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.group.begin.powershell end \) endCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.group.end.powershell patterns include $self match (?i)\b(mandatory|valuefrompipeline|valuefrompipelinebypropertyname|valuefromremainingarguments|position|parametersetname|defaultparametersetname|supportsshouldprocess|supportspaging|positionalbinding|helpuri|confirmimpact|helpmessage)\b(?:\s+)?(=)? captures 1 name variable.parameter.attribute.powershell 2 name keyword.operator.assignment.powershell commands patterns comment Verb-Noun pattern: match (?:(\p{L}|\d|_|-|\\|\:)*\\)?\b(?i:Add|Approve|Assert|Backup|Block|Build|Checkpoint|Clear|Close|Compare|Complete|Compress|Confirm|Connect|Convert|ConvertFrom|ConvertTo|Copy|Debug|Deny|Deploy|Disable|Disconnect|Dismount|Edit|Enable|Enter|Exit|Expand|Export|Find|Format|Get|Grant|Group|Hide|Import|Initialize|Install|Invoke|Join|Limit|Lock|Measure|Merge|Mount|Move|New|Open|Optimize|Out|Ping|Pop|Protect|Publish|Push|Read|Receive|Redo|Register|Remove|Rename|Repair|Request|Reset|Resize|Resolve|Restart|Restore|Resume|Revoke|Save|Search|Select|Send|Set|Show|Skip|Split|Start|Step|Stop|Submit|Suspend|Switch|Sync|Test|Trace|Unblock|Undo|Uninstall|Unlock|Unprotect|Unpublish|Unregister|Update|Use|Wait|Watch|Write)\-.+?(?:\.(?i:exe|cmd|bat|ps1))?\b name support.function.powershell comment Builtin cmdlets with reserved verbs match (?<!\w)(?i:foreach-object)(?!\w) name support.function.powershell comment Builtin cmdlets with reserved verbs match (?<!\w)(?i:where-object)(?!\w) name support.function.powershell comment Builtin cmdlets with reserved verbs match (?<!\w)(?i:sort-object)(?!\w) name support.function.powershell comment Builtin cmdlets with reserved verbs match (?<!\w)(?i:tee-object)(?!\w) name support.function.powershell commentEmbeddedDocs patterns captures 1 name constant.string.documentation.powershell 2 name keyword.operator.documentation.powershell comment these embedded doc keywords do not support arguments, must be the only thing on the line match (?:^|\G)(?i:\s*(\.)(COMPONENT|DESCRIPTION|EXAMPLE|FUNCTIONALITY|INPUTS|LINK|NOTES|OUTPUTS|ROLE|SYNOPSIS))\s*$ name comment.documentation.embedded.powershell captures 1 name constant.string.documentation.powershell 2 name keyword.operator.documentation.powershell 3 name keyword.operator.documentation.powershell comment these embedded doc keywords require arguments though the type required may be inconsistent, they may not all be able to use the same argument match match (?:^|\G)(?i:\s*(\.)(EXTERNALHELP|FORWARDHELP(?:CATEGORY|TARGETNAME)|PARAMETER|REMOTEHELPRUNSPACE))\s+(.+?)\s*$ name comment.documentation.embedded.powershell doubleQuotedStringEscapes patterns match `[`0abefnrtv'"\x{2018}-\x{201E}$] name constant.character.escape.powershell include #unicodeEscape unicodeEscape comment `u{xxxx} added in PowerShell 6.0 patterns match `u\{(?:(?:10)?([0-9a-fA-F]){1,4}|0?\g<1>{1,5})} name constant.character.escape.powershell match `u(?:\{[0-9a-fA-F]{,6}.)? name invalid.character.escape.powershell function begin ^(?:\s*+)(?i)(function|filter|configuration|workflow)\s+(?:(global|local|script|private):)?((?:\p{L}|\d|_|-|\.)+) beginCaptures 0 name meta.function.powershell 1 name storage.type.powershell 2 name storage.modifier.scope.powershell 3 name entity.name.function.powershell end (?=\{|\() patterns include #commentLine subexpression begin \( beginCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.group.begin.powershell end \) endCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.group.end.powershell name meta.group.simple.subexpression.powershell patterns include $self interpolation begin (((\$)))((\()) beginCaptures 1 name keyword.other.substatement.powershell 2 name punctuation.definition.substatement.powershell 3 name punctuation.section.embedded.substatement.begin.powershell 4 name punctuation.section.group.begin.powershell 5 name punctuation.section.embedded.substatement.begin.powershell contentName interpolated.complex.source.powershell end (\)) endCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.group.end.powershell 1 name punctuation.section.embedded.substatement.end.powershell name meta.embedded.substatement.powershell patterns include $self numericConstant patterns captures 1 name constant.numeric.hex.powershell 2 name keyword.other.powershell match (?<!\w)([-+]?0(?:x|X)[0-9a-fA-F_]+(?:U|u|L|l|UL|Ul|uL|ul|LU|Lu|lU|lu)?)((?i:[kmgtp]b)?)\b captures 1 name constant.numeric.integer.powershell 2 name keyword.other.powershell match (?<!\w)([-+]?(?:[0-9_]+)?\.[0-9_]+(?:(?:e|E)[0-9]+)?(?:F|f|D|d|M|m)?)((?i:[kmgtp]b)?)\b captures 1 name constant.numeric.octal.powershell 2 name keyword.other.powershell match (?<!\w)([-+]?0(?:b|B)[01_]+(?:U|u|L|l|UL|Ul|uL|ul|LU|Lu|lU|lu)?)((?i:[kmgtp]b)?)\b captures 1 name constant.numeric.integer.powershell 2 name keyword.other.powershell match (?<!\w)([-+]?[0-9_]+(?:e|E)(?:[0-9_])?+(?:F|f|D|d|M|m)?)((?i:[kmgtp]b)?)\b captures 1 name constant.numeric.integer.powershell 2 name keyword.other.powershell match (?<!\w)([-+]?[0-9_]+\.(?:e|E)(?:[0-9_])?+(?:F|f|D|d|M|m)?)((?i:[kmgtp]b)?)\b captures 1 name constant.numeric.integer.powershell 2 name keyword.other.powershell match (?<!\w)([-+]?[0-9_]+[\.]?(?:F|f|D|d|M|m))((?i:[kmgtp]b)?)\b captures 1 name constant.numeric.integer.powershell 2 name keyword.other.powershell match (?<!\w)([-+]?[0-9_]+[\.]?(?:U|u|L|l|UL|Ul|uL|ul|LU|Lu|lU|lu)?)((?i:[kmgtp]b)?)\b scriptblock begin \{ beginCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell end \} endCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell name meta.scriptblock.powershell patterns include $self type begin \[ beginCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.bracket.begin.powershell end \] endCaptures 0 name punctuation.section.bracket.end.powershell patterns match (?!\d+|\.)(?:\p{L}|\p{N}|\.)+ name storage.type.powershell include $self variable patterns captures 0 name constant.language.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell comment These are special constants. match (\$)(?i:(False|Null|True))\b captures 0 name support.constant.variable.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 3 name variable.other.member.powershell comment These are the other built-in constants. match (\$)(?i:(Error|ExecutionContext|Host|Home|PID|PsHome|PsVersionTable|ShellID))((?:\.(?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)*\b)?\b captures 0 name support.variable.automatic.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 3 name variable.other.member.powershell comment Automatic variables are not constants, but they are read-only. In monokai (default) color schema support.variable doesn't have color, so we use constant. match (\$)((?:[$^?])|(?i:_|Args|ConsoleFileName|Event|EventArgs|EventSubscriber|ForEach|Input|LastExitCode|Matches|MyInvocation|NestedPromptLevel|Profile|PSBoundParameters|PsCmdlet|PsCulture|PSDebugContext|PSItem|PSCommandPath|PSScriptRoot|PsUICulture|Pwd|Sender|SourceArgs|SourceEventArgs|StackTrace|Switch|This)\b)((?:\.(?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)*\b)? captures 0 name variable.language.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 3 name variable.other.member.powershell comment Style preference variables as language variables so that they stand out. match (\$)(?i:(ConfirmPreference|DebugPreference|ErrorActionPreference|ErrorView|FormatEnumerationLimit|InformationPreference|LogCommandHealthEvent|LogCommandLifecycleEvent|LogEngineHealthEvent|LogEngineLifecycleEvent|LogProviderHealthEvent|LogProviderLifecycleEvent|MaximumAliasCount|MaximumDriveCount|MaximumErrorCount|MaximumFunctionCount|MaximumHistoryCount|MaximumVariableCount|OFS|OutputEncoding|PSCulture|PSDebugContext|PSDefaultParameterValues|PSEmailServer|PSItem|PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference|PSModuleAutoloadingPreference|PSSenderInfo|PSSessionApplicationName|PSSessionConfigurationName|PSSessionOption|ProgressPreference|VerbosePreference|WarningPreference|WhatIfPreference))((?:\.(?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)*\b)?\b captures 0 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 2 name storage.modifier.scope.powershell 4 name variable.other.member.powershell match (?i:(\$|@)(global|local|private|script|using|workflow):((?:\p{L}|\d|_)+))((?:\.(?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)*\b)? captures 0 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 2 name punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell 3 name storage.modifier.scope.powershell 5 name punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell 6 name variable.other.member.powershell match (?i:(\$)(\{)(global|local|private|script|using|workflow):([^}]*[^}`])(\}))((?:\.(?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)*\b)? captures 0 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 2 name support.variable.drive.powershell 4 name variable.other.member.powershell match (?i:(\$|@)((?:\p{L}|\d|_)+:)?((?:\p{L}|\d|_)+))((?:\.(?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)*\b)? captures 0 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 2 name punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell 3 name support.variable.drive.powershell 5 name punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell 6 name variable.other.member.powershell match (?i:(\$)(\{)((?:\p{L}|\d|_)+:)?([^}]*[^}`])(\}))((?:\.(?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)*\b)? UsingDirective match (?<!\w)(?i:(using))\s+(?i:(namespace|module))\s+(?i:((?:\w+(?:\.)?)+)) captures 1 name keyword.control.using.powershell 2 name keyword.other.powershell 3 name variable.parameter.powershell RequiresDirective begin (?<=#)(?i:(requires))\s beginCaptures 0 name keyword.control.requires.powershell end $ name meta.requires.powershell patterns match \-(?i:Modules|PSSnapin|RunAsAdministrator|ShellId|Version|Assembly|PSEdition) name keyword.other.powershell match (?<!-)\b\p{L}+|\d+(?:\.\d+)* name variable.parameter.powershell include #hashtable variableNoProperty patterns captures 0 name constant.language.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell comment These are special constants. match (\$)(?i:(False|Null|True))\b captures 0 name support.constant.variable.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 3 name variable.other.member.powershell comment These are the other built-in constants. match (\$)(?i:(Error|ExecutionContext|Host|Home|PID|PsHome|PsVersionTable|ShellID))\b captures 0 name support.variable.automatic.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 3 name variable.other.member.powershell comment Automatic variables are not constants, but they are read-only... match (\$)((?:[$^?])|(?i:_|Args|ConsoleFileName|Event|EventArgs|EventSubscriber|ForEach|Input|LastExitCode|Matches|MyInvocation|NestedPromptLevel|Profile|PSBoundParameters|PsCmdlet|PsCulture|PSDebugContext|PSItem|PSCommandPath|PSScriptRoot|PsUICulture|Pwd|Sender|SourceArgs|SourceEventArgs|StackTrace|Switch|This)\b) captures 0 name variable.language.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 3 name variable.other.member.powershell comment Style preference variables as language variables so that they stand out. match (\$)(?i:(ConfirmPreference|DebugPreference|ErrorActionPreference|ErrorView|FormatEnumerationLimit|InformationPreference|LogCommandHealthEvent|LogCommandLifecycleEvent|LogEngineHealthEvent|LogEngineLifecycleEvent|LogProviderHealthEvent|LogProviderLifecycleEvent|MaximumAliasCount|MaximumDriveCount|MaximumErrorCount|MaximumFunctionCount|MaximumHistoryCount|MaximumVariableCount|OFS|OutputEncoding|PSCulture|PSDebugContext|PSDefaultParameterValues|PSEmailServer|PSItem|PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference|PSModuleAutoloadingPreference|PSSenderInfo|PSSessionApplicationName|PSSessionConfigurationName|PSSessionOption|ProgressPreference|VerbosePreference|WarningPreference|WhatIfPreference))\b captures 0 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 2 name storage.modifier.scope.powershell 4 name variable.other.member.powershell match (?i:(\$)(global|local|private|script|using|workflow):((?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)) captures 0 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 2 name storage.modifier.scope.powershell 4 name keyword.other.powershell 5 name variable.other.member.powershell match (?i:(\$)(\{)(global|local|private|script|using|workflow):([^}]*[^}`])(\})) captures 0 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 2 name support.variable.drive.powershell 4 name variable.other.member.powershell match (?i:(\$)((?:\p{L}|\d|_)+:)?((?:\p{L}|\d|_)+)) captures 0 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 1 name punctuation.definition.variable.powershell 2 name punctuation.section.braces.begin 3 name support.variable.drive.powershell 5 name punctuation.section.braces.end match (?i:(\$)(\{)((?:\p{L}|\d|_)+:)?([^}]*[^}`])(\})) hashtable begin (@)(\{) beginCaptures 1 name keyword.other.hashtable.begin.powershell 2 name punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell end (\}) endCaptures 1 name punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell name meta.hashtable.powershell patterns captures 1 name punctuation.definition.string.begin.powershell 2 name variable.other.readwrite.powershell 3 name punctuation.definition.string.end.powershell 4 name keyword.operator.assignment.powershell match \b((?:\'|\")?)(\w+)((?:\'|\")?)(?:\s+)?(=)(?:\s+)? name meta.hashtable.assignment.powershell include #scriptblock include $self doubleQuotedString begin ["\x{201C}-\x{201E}] beginCaptures 0 name punctuation.definition.string.begin.powershell end ["\x{201C}-\x{201E}] applyEndPatternLast endCaptures 0 name punctuation.definition.string.end.powershell name string.quoted.double.powershell patterns match (?i)\b[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,64}\b include #variableNoProperty include #doubleQuotedStringEscapes match ["\x{201C}-\x{201E}]{2} name constant.character.escape.powershell include #interpolation match `\s*$ name keyword.other.powershell scopeName source.powershell uuid f8f5ffb0-503e-11df-9879-0800200c9a66