Question

How can I get my PowerShell script to print the info in tabular format as the script progresses.

In bash I would do this by

printf "%s\t%-15.15s" "Locale" "Jar"
if($verbose);then
   printf "%-15.15s %-15.15s" "HelpSet" "Exception"
fi
printf "\t%s\n" "Status"
...
printf "%s\t%-15.15s" $locale $helpFileName
if($verbose); then
   printf "%-15.15s %-15.15s" "$helpSetName" ${exclusion[$helpFileName]}
fi
status="OK"
...
if ($fixed); then
   status="CORRECTED"
fi
printf "\t%s\n" $status

to get

Locale  Jar            HelpSet         Exception        Status
de      help_D150      help_D150                        CORRECTED

es      help_D150      help_D150                        OK

fr      help_D150      help_D150                        OK

it      Locale folder not found

nl      help_D150      help_D150                        CORRECTED

Thanks

Answer 1

Try this out in your PowerShell console:

"{0}`t{1,-15}{2,-15}{3,-15}" -f "Locale", "Jar", "HelpSet", "Exception"

You can use string formatting quite easily from PowerShell.

The -f operator is a PowerShell short cut to the String.Format function, including all the standard and custom formatting .NET types support.