The Lonely Administrator : console

PowerShell Console Graphing Revised

The Lonely Administrator — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:44:58 GMT

Many of you have been having fun with my PowerShell Console Graphing tool I posted the other day. But I felt the need to make one more major tweak. I wanted to have the option for conditional formatting. That is, display graphed entries with high values...(read more)

Graphing with the PowerShell Console

The Lonely Administrator — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:42:06 GMT

I’ve written before about using the PowerShell console as a graphing tool, primarily using Write-Host. Most of what I’ve published before were really proof of concept. I decided to try and come up with a more formal and re-usable tool that...(read more)

Friday Fun: Another PowerShell Console Graph

The Lonely Administrator — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:58:29 GMT

Late last year I posted a demo script to create a horizontal bar graph in the PowerShell console. I liked it and many of you did as well. But I also wanted to be able to create a vertical bar … Continue reading → Read More......(read more)

Maximizing the PowerShell Console Title Bar

The Lonely Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:54:46 GMT

A few days ago Boe Prox posted some very nifty PowerShell modules for using the title bar as a ticker for RSS feeds like the weather. I thought this was an awesome idea and an easy way to take advantage … Continue reading → Read More......(read more)

Friday Fun – A PowerShell Console Menu

The Lonely Administrator — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:01:28 GMT

When working in PowerShell, and especially when scripting, you might want to give the user a choice of actions. For example, you might develop a configuration script that another admin or technician will run. Perhaps one of the steps is … Continue...(read more)

Friday Fun Drive Usage Console Graph

The Lonely Administrator — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:37:44 GMT

I think you’ll like this. Normally, I prefer my PowerShell commands to write objects to the pipeline. But there’s nothing wrong with sending output directly to the console, as long as you know that the output is intended only for … Continue...(read more)

PowerShell Deep Dive Treasure

The Lonely Administrator — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:32:06 GMT

Without a doubt the PowerShell Deep Dive conference was one of the best meetings I’ve ever attended and I wanted to share one tidbit I came away with that I find immensely useful and never knew. During one of Bruce … Continue reading →...(read more)