I would like to add a line of ---- to the output I am writing from PowerShell.
There are multiple lines being added to the text file similar to the code I have pasted here and I would like to just have this ---- added as a line before the output to quickly differentiate the info when looking at it.
"New Starter- " +$FirstName + " " + $Lastname + ", " + "User Name- " + $SAMAccountLower + ", " + "Temp Password- " +$TmpPass | Set-Content "c:\temp\${SAMAccountLower}_login.txt"
Thanks.
If you do not want to overwrite the contents of an existing file, you can use Add-Content. If you want to overwrite a file or start a new file, then change Add-Content to Set-Content. I tend to favor using the format operator (-f) for string formatting/building, which can protect from certain issues with + concatenation.
'----' | Add-Content "c:\temp\${SAMAccountLower}_login.txt"
"New Starter- {0} {1}, User Name- {2}, Temp Password- {3}" -f $FirstName,$LastName,$SamAccountLower,$TmpPass |
Add-Content "c:\temp\${SAMAccountLower}_login.txt"
"----- " + "New Starter- " +$FirstName + " " + $Lastname + ", " + "User Name- " + $SAMAccountLower + ", " + "Temp Password- " +$TmpPass | Set-Content "c:\temp\${SAMAccountLower}_login.txt"
You mean like this^ or like this?
"-----`n" + "New Starter- " +$FirstName + " " + $Lastname + ", " + "User Name- " + $SAMAccountLower + ", " + "Temp Password- " +$TmpPass | Set-Content "c:\temp\${SAMAccountLower}_login.txt"
$UserInfo = @" --- New Starter Name: $FirstName $Lastname Username: $SAMAccountLower Temp Password: $tmpPass --- "@ '$UserInfo | Set-Content "c:\temp\${SAMAccountLower}_login.txt"
Get-ADUser command. Simply displaying the return object itself would look better. Since they are objects, you can add the Temp Password as a property using add-member cmdlet if you wish. But whatever works for you. There will always be multiple ways of handling it. personally, I would always like to handle it as a object. That way, it will always be a unit.From what i understood, you want to write your line proceeded by --- like this:
< something written here >
--------------------------
< Your line here >
Try this:
$text = "New Starter- " +$FirstName + " " + $Lastname + ", " + "User Name- " + $SAMAccountLower + ", " + "Temp Password- " +$TmpPass;
$seperator = '-'*$text.Length + "`n";
$seperator + $text | Set-Content "c:\temp\${SAMAccountLower}_login.txt";
NOTE
I think Set_Content removes the previous content of the file and write the new text, i don't know if this is your case.
