ConvertTo-Markdown.ps1
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.Synopsis Converts a PowerShell object to a Markdown table. .Description The ConvertTo-Markdown function converts a Powershell Object to a Markdown formatted table .EXAMPLE Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.mainWindowTitle} | Select-Object ID, Name, Path, Company | ConvertTo-Markdown This command gets all the processes that have a main window title, and it displays them in a Markdown table format with the process ID, Name, Path and Company. .EXAMPLE ConvertTo-Markdown (Get-Date) This command converts a date object to Markdown table format .EXAMPLE Get-Alias | Select Name, DisplayName | ConvertTo-Markdown This command displays the name and displayname of all the aliases for the current session in Markdown table format #> Function ConvertTo-Markdown { [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([string])] Param ( [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true )] [PSObject[]]$InputObject ) Begin { $items = @() $columns = @{} } Process { ForEach($item in $InputObject) { $items += $item $item.PSObject.Properties | %{ if($_.Value -ne $null){ 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 ' | ' $separator = @() ForEach($key in $columns.Keys) { $separator += '-' * $columns[$key] } $separator -join ' | ' ForEach($item in $items) { $values = @() ForEach($key in $columns.Keys) { $values += ('{0,-' + $columns[$key] + '}') -f $item.($key) } $values -join ' | ' } } } |