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In thinking about some of my recent posts, I realize I should make clear that these scripts and functions are not necessarily good PowerShell<\/em> examples. They don\u2019t take advantage of objects and the pipeline. They are single purpose and one-dimensional. Not that there\u2019s anything wrong with that. My recent examples, and the one I have today, are experiments in exploiting the console and host itself. The script I worked up for today presents a colored bar \u201cgraph\u201d showing disk utilization directly in the console.<\/p>\n

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The script uses Get-WMIObject<\/a><\/strong> to query all fixed local disks. It takes the size and free space properties and calculates some usage information. Normally I\u2019d simply write the object to the pipeline, but I decided to take advantage of Write-Host<\/a><\/strong> and create a bar graph for each drive.<\/p>\n

\"drivereport<\/a><\/p>\n

The value to the left is the free size in GB. The percentage to the right reflects utilization.  The script takes the percentage free value and writes out that many spaces. By using the \u2013BackgroundColor parameter, I can create a colored bar chart. I use different colors to represent the decline in free space.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the script:<\/p>\n

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Param ([string]$computername=$env:computername,<\/pre>\n
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        [Management.Automation.PSCredential]$credential)<\/pre>\n
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        <\/pre>\n
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Trap {<\/pre>\n
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#if an exception occurs, display a warning message and bail<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    Write-Warning "There was a problem getting WMI information from $computername."<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message<\/pre>\n
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    Return<\/pre>\n
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}<\/pre>\n
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if<\/span> ($credential) {<\/pre>\n
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    $drives=Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -Filter "drivetype=3"<\/span> -ComputerName $computername -Credential $credential -ea Stop<\/pre>\n
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}<\/pre>\n
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else<\/span> {<\/pre>\n
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    $drives=Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -Filter "drivetype=3"<\/span> -ComputerName $computername -ea Stop<\/pre>\n
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}<\/pre>\n
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Write-Host $computername.ToUpper()<\/pre>\n
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foreach<\/span> ($drive in<\/span> $drives) {<\/pre>\n
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    [int64]$size=$drive.size<\/pre>\n
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    [int64]$free=$drive.Freespace<\/pre>\n
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    [int]$bar=($free\/$size) *100<\/pre>\n
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    <\/pre>\n
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    $used=($size-$free)\/$size<\/pre>\n
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    <\/pre>\n
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    if<\/span> ($bar -ge<\/span> 80) {<\/pre>\n
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        $color="Green"<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    }<\/pre>\n
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    elseif<\/span> ($bar -ge<\/span> 60) {<\/pre>\n
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        $color="DarkGreen"<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    }<\/pre>\n
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    <\/pre>\n
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    elseif<\/span> ($bar -ge<\/span> 40) {<\/pre>\n
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        $color="Yellow"<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    }<\/pre>\n
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    <\/pre>\n
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    elseif<\/span> ($bar -ge<\/span> 20 ) {<\/pre>\n
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        $color="Magenta"<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    }<\/pre>\n
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    else<\/span> {<\/pre>\n
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        $color="Red"<\/span><\/pre>\n
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    }<\/pre>\n
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    <\/pre>\n
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    $data="{0} {1:N2}GB free {2} {3:P2}"<\/span> -f $drive.DeviceiD,($free\/1GB),(" "<\/span> * $bar),$used<\/pre>\n
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    Write-Host $data -BackgroundColor $color -ForegroundColor "black"<\/span><\/pre>\n
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   <\/pre>\n
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} #end ForEach<\/span><\/pre>\n
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This is a script, although you could write it as a function. The script takes a computer name as a parameter, defaulting to the local computer. It also takes a PSCredential but you have to pass it an credential object previously created. If you look at the beginning of the screen shot you can see an example of how to use the script. The $mycompany object is a PSCredential I created earlier. This script should work in PowerShell v1.0 and 2.0.<\/p>\n
Again, there\u2019s not much you can do with the script because it writes nothing to the pipeline which I think defeats the purpose of PowerShell. On the other hand, I think a script like this demonstrates capabilities that are beyond the CMD shell, unless you go back to the days of ANSI.<\/p>\n
So for newcomers to PowerShell, look at these types of scripts as exceptions or special use cases, and not examples of effective PowerShell.<\/p>\n
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Download DriveReport.ps1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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