Start-CountdownTimer.psm1
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# ----------------------------------countdown timer------------------------------------------- function Start-CountdownTimer{ <# .SYNOPSIS Displays a text-based countdown timer in the console. .DESCRIPTION Displays a timer counting down the seconds until the script terminates. Parameters control the length that it runs for. Only works in the console, because of some console tricks used to display the output. .EXAMPLE ./Start-CountdownTimer -Hours 1 -Minutes 2 -Seconds 3 .PARAMETER Days Optional. The number of Days to wait before finishing .PARAMETER Hours Optional. The number of hours to wait before finishing .PARAMETER Minutes Optional. The number of Minutes to wait before finishing .PARAMETER Seconds Optional. The number of Seconds to wait before finishing .PARAMETER TickLength Optional. How long to wait before refreshing .LINK http://blob.pureandapplied.com.au/?p=875 #> param ( [int]$Days = 0, [int]$Hours = 0, [int]$Minutes = 0, [int]$Seconds = 0, [int]$TickLength = 1 ) $t = New-TimeSpan -Days $Days -Hours $Hours -Minutes $Minutes -Seconds $Seconds $origpos = $host.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition $spinner =@('|', '/', '-', '\') $spinnerPos = 0 $remain = $t $d =( get-date) + $t $remain = ($d - (get-date)) while ($remain.TotalSeconds -gt 0){ Write-Host (" {0} " -f $spinner[$spinnerPos%4]) -BackgroundColor White -ForegroundColor Black -NoNewline write-host (" {0}D {1:d2}h {2:d2}m {3:d2}s " -f $remain.Days, $remain.Hours, $remain.Minutes, $remain.Seconds) $host.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition = $origpos $spinnerPos += 1 Start-Sleep -seconds $TickLength $remain = ($d - (get-date)) } $host.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition = $origpos Write-Host " * " -BackgroundColor White -ForegroundColor Black -NoNewline " Countdown finished" } |