Script Output Formatting

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1

Hi Team,
Wrote a short script. Which pull out some hardware details. I am trying to save the output text / html file with basic formatting.
Following is the script what I wrote.

#Hardware Check ##CPU $proc=Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_processor |select Name, MaxclockSpeed, NumberofCores ##Memory $mem=Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_physicalmemory | select Caption,Manufacturer, @{n="Size(GB)"; e={$_.capacity /1GB}},ConfiguredClockSpeed ##HDD $Hdd=Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_logicaldisk| select DeviceID, @{n="TotalSize"; e={$_.Size /1GB -as[int]}} ##Operating System $os=Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_OperatingSystem|select Caption, OSArchitecture

#Output

Write-Host “Hardware Summary:”
Write-Host CPU
$proc |FL

Write-Host Memory
$mem |fl

Write-Host HardDisk
$Hdd |fl

Write-Host operating System
$os |fl

I am trying to run it by .\myscRipt.ps1 > myOutput.txt You can try and see what is the output style. The issue I am facing; headings which I want to put (which is mentioned after write-host)is not redirecting to the text file. Also, there are too many extra spaces which I don't like. Following is the output I am expecting. I manually edit the contents before posting here but need this type of output using the script.
Hardware Summary: CPU: Name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz MaxclockSpeed : 2400 NumberofCores : 2

Memory:

Caption : Physical Memory
Manufacturer : Samsung
Size(GB) : 8
ConfiguredClockSpeed : 1600

Harddisk:

DeviceID : C:
TotalSize : 464

Operating System:

Caption : Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
OSArchitecture : 64-bit

This is the story. Need your valuable guidance to rectify the issue. Please help me to figure out what mistakes I am doing. And also suggest me what should I write into the script which saves the output directly to a file. Once I execute the file will be automatically created in some place/desktop.

Regards,
Sankha.

2

write-host explicitly send the data to the host.
You should NEVER use this in a script.
Just remove all write-host

replace : Write-Host “Hardware Summary:”
with : “Hardware Summary:”

and you should have what you want.
If you want some more editing, you need to do that in the script, depending of the output you want.

3

This might do the trick for you

$outputFile = c:\temp\output.txt
##CPU
$proc=Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_processor |select Name, MaxclockSpeed, NumberofCores
##Memory
$mem=Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_physicalmemory |
select Caption,Manufacturer, @{n="Size(GB)"; e={$_.capacity /1GB}},ConfiguredClockSpeed
##HDD
$Hdds=Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_logicaldisk| select DeviceID, @{n="TotalSize"; e={$_.Size /1GB -as[int]}}
##Operating System
$os=Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_OperatingSystem|select Caption, OSArchitecture

#Output
$outputHDD = $(foreach($hdd in $hdds) {
@"
DeviceID            : $($Hdd.DeviceID)
TotalSize(GB)       : $($Hdd.TotalSize)
"@
})

$output = @"
Hardware Summary:
CPU
Name                : $($proc.name)
MaxclockSpeed       : $($proc.MaxclockSpeed)
NumberofCores       : $($proc.NumberofCores)

MEMORY
Caption             : $($mem.Caption)
Manufacturer        : $($mem.Manufacturer)
Size(GB)            : $($mem.'Size(GB)')
ConfiguredClockSpeed: $($mem.ConfiguredClockSpeed)

HARDDISK
$outputHDD

OPERATINGSYSTEM
Operating System    : $($os.Caption)
OSArchitecture      : $($os.OSArchitecture)
"@

Out-File -InputObject $output -FilePath $outputFile
4

You mentioned HTML output, I would strongly suggest that you look at the help files for ConvertTo-Html and the -Fragment parameter. This will guide down the correct path to creating output that can be formatted with CSS making your reports look more professional and easily consumed.

Start here:

Help ConvertTo-Html -Full
5

Great, Thanks Man, So easy… Actually I never tried without the write host. Thanks a lot. You made my day.