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Write-ThisDown.ps1
function Write-ThisDownHere {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
$InputObject,
[ValidateSet("Host", "Info", "Log")]
$Medium = "Host",
[ValidateSet("List", "Table", "Wide", "String", "JSON", "Raw")]
$Format = "Raw",
[switch]
$ShowAllProperties = $false
)
process {
$EffectiveMedium = $Medium
if (-not @("Host", "Info", "Log") -contains $EffectiveMedium) {return} # Unknown medium
if ($EffectiveMedium -eq "Host" -and (-not $WriteHost)) {return} # Host not requested
if ($EffectiveMedium -eq "Info" -and (-not $WriteInfo)) {return} # Info not requested or `InformationAction == SilentlyContinue`
if ($EffectiveMedium -eq "Log" -and (-not $WriteLog )) {return} # Log not requested or is disabled
if ($EffectiveMedium -eq "Host" -and (-not $Host.UI.SupportsVirtualTerminal)) {$EffectiveMedium = "NonVT-Host"}
$formatListProps = @{}
if ($ShowAllProperties) {$formatListProps = @{"Property"="*"}}
$convertJsonProps = @{}
switch ("$EffectiveMedium-$Format") {
"Host-Raw" {$InputObject | Out-Host}
"Host-String" {$InputObject | Out-String | Write-Host}
"Host-List" {$InputObject | Format-List @formatListProps | Out-Host}
"Host-Table" {$InputObject | Format-Table @formatListProps | Out-Host}
"Host-Wide" {$InputObject | Format-Wide @formatListProps | Out-Host}
"Host-JSON" {$InputObject | ConvertTo-Json @convertJsonProps | Out-Host}
"NonVT-Host-Raw" {$InputObject | Out-String | Write-Host}
"NonVT-Host-String" {$InputObject | Out-String | Write-Host}
"NonVT-Host-List" {$InputObject | Format-List @formatListProps | Out-String | Write-Host}
"NonVT-Host-Table" {$InputObject | Format-Table @formatListProps | Out-String | Write-Host}
"NonVT-Host-Wide" {$InputObject | Format-Wide @formatListProps | Out-String | Write-Host}
"NonVT-Host-JSON" {$InputObject | ConvertTo-Json @convertJsonProps | Write-Host}
"Info-Raw" {$InputObject | Out-String | Write-Information}
"Info-String" {$InputObject | Out-String | Write-Information}
"Info-List" {$InputObject | Format-List @formatListProps | Out-String | Write-Information}
"Info-Table" {$InputObject | Format-Table @formatListProps | Out-String | Write-Information}
"Info-Wide" {$InputObject | Format-Wide @formatListProps | Out-String | Write-Information}
"Info-JSON" {$InputObject | ConvertTo-Json @convertJsonProps | Write-Information}
"Log-Raw" {$InputObject | Out-File -FilePath $LogFilePath -Append}
"Log-String" {$InputObject | Out-String | Out-File -FilePath $LogFilePath -Append}
"Log-List" {$InputObject | Format-List @formatListProps | Out-File -FilePath $LogFilePath -Append}
"Log-Table" {$InputObject | Format-Table @formatListProps | Out-File -FilePath $LogFilePath -Append}
"Log-Wide" {$InputObject | Format-Wide @formatListProps | Out-File -FilePath $LogFilePath -Append}
"Log-JSON" {$InputObject | ConvertTo-Json @convertJsonProps | Out-File -FilePath $LogFilePath -Append}
Default {}
}
}
}
if ($WriteHost) {
Write-ThisDownHere -InputObject $InputObject -Medium "Host" -Format $Format -ShowAllProperties:$ShowAllProperties
}
if ($WriteInfo) {
Write-ThisDownHere -InputObject $InputObject -Medium "Info" -Format $Format -ShowAllProperties:$ShowAllProperties
}
if ($WriteLog) {
Write-ThisDownHere -InputObject $InputObject -Medium "Log" -Format $Format -ShowAllProperties:$ShowAllProperties
}
}
end {
if ($PassThru) {
$inputObject
}
}
}
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