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ConvertTo-Markdown
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<# | |
.Synopsis | |
Converts a PowerShell object to a Markdown table. | |
.Description | |
Converts a PowerShell object to a Markdown table. | |
.Parameter InputObject | |
PowerShell object to be converted | |
.Example | |
ConvertTo-Markdown -InputObject (Get-Service) | |
Converts a list of running services on the local machine to a Markdown table | |
.Example | |
ConvertTo-Markdown -InputObject (Import-CSV "C:\Scratch\lwsmachines.csv") | Out-File "C:\Scratch\file.markdown" -Encoding "ASCII" | |
Converts a CSV file to a Markdown table | |
.Example | |
Import-CSV "C:\Scratch\lwsmachines.csv" | ConvertTo-Markdown | Out-File "C:\Scratch\file2.markdown" -Encoding "ASCII" | |
Converts a CSV file to a markdown table via the pipeline. | |
.Notes | |
Ben Neise 10/09/14 | |
Aaron Calderon 06/09/2016 Added new line `n on each line printed | |
#> | |
Function ConvertTo-Markdown { | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
[OutputType([string])] | |
Param ( | |
[Parameter( | |
Mandatory = $true, | |
Position = 0, | |
ValueFromPipeline = $true | |
)] | |
[PSObject[]]$collection | |
) | |
Begin { | |
$items = @() | |
$columns = @{} | |
} | |
Process { | |
ForEach($item in $collection) { | |
$items += $item | |
$item.PSObject.Properties | %{ | |
if ($_.Value -eq $null) { | |
$_.Value = "" | |
} | |
if(-not $columns.ContainsKey($_.Name) -or $columns[$_.Name] -lt $_.Value.ToString().Length) { | |
$columns[$_.Name] = $_.Value.ToString().Length | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
End { | |
ForEach($key in $($columns.Keys)) { | |
$columns[$key] = [Math]::Max($columns[$key], $key.Length) | |
} | |
$header = @() | |
ForEach($key in $columns.Keys) { | |
$header += ('{0,-' + $columns[$key] + '}') -f $key | |
} | |
$($header -join ' | ') + "`n" | |
$separator = @() | |
ForEach($key in $columns.Keys) { | |
$separator += '-' * $columns[$key] | |
} | |
$($separator -join ' | ') + "`n" | |
ForEach($item in $items) { | |
$values = @() | |
ForEach($key in $columns.Keys) { | |
$values += ('{0,-' + $columns[$key] + '}') -f $item.($key) | |
} | |
$($values -join ' | ') + "`n" | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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