Reading Kunal Udapi post about painting odd and even rows with different colours gave me the idea to highlight rows that met a condition.
I needed very little changes to his script to approach my needs.
I needed very little changes to his script to approach my needs.
get-service|format-highlight status stopped magenta
function Format-highlight { param ($param,$value,$color) begin { $ConsoleBack = [System.Console]::BackgroundColor $ConsoleFore = [System.Console]::ForegroundColor $RowColors = @( @{ Back = $ConsoleBack Fore = $color }, @{ Back = $ConsoleBack Fore = $ConsoleFore } ) } process { # $Index will be either 0 or 1 and used to pick colors from $RowColors if ($_.$param -eq $value){$index=0}else{$index=1} [System.Console]::BackgroundColor = $RowColors[$Index].Back [System.Console]::ForegroundColor = $RowColors[$Index].Fore $_ } end { [System.Console]::BackgroundColor = $ConsoleBack [System.Console]::ForegroundColor = $ConsoleFore } } #function Format-highlightRemember to add this function to your powershell profile at %userprofile%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 to have it always available.
Great I happy, My scripts are getting useful day by day. Keep it up.
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