{"id":6065,"date":"2018-08-15T12:14:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T16:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2018-08-15T12:14:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T16:14:26","slug":"converting-powershell-to-markdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/6065\/converting-powershell-to-markdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Converting PowerShell to Markdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been working a lot with markdown documents over the last year or so, primarily due to all the books I've been working on published at Leanpub.com. With the growing use of markdown in projects like Platyps<\/a> for generating help files and documentation, you will most likely be using markdown at some point. With that in mind, I decided to write a PowerShell function that would take pipeline output and convert it to a simple markdown document, following the same model as ConvertTo-HTML<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Learning markdown basics takes about 10 minutes. And even then, you don\u2019t have to know anything about markdown to use my function. ConvertTo-Markdown is designed to take pipelined input and convert it to a code-fenced section of a markdown document. If you don\u2019t know what this means, don\u2019t worry about it. The function assumes you will want to include a top-level title. Although, this isn\u2019t required if you are building a document with markdown fragments. I\u2019ll show you an example later.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll need to grab a copy of the function from GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/gist.github.com\/jdhitsolutions\/c92fab5b7077799e4ba5da920f0679f0<\/p>\n

Once loaded in your session, you can pipe a command to the convert function.<\/p>\n

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

Like ConvertTo-HTML this doesn\u2019t create a file. It only converts to markdown. Pipe the command to Out-File<\/a> or Set-Content<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The function also lets you add markdown to display before and after the converted pipeline output.<\/p>\n

get-service win* | \r\nConvertTo-Markdown -Title \"Win* Services\" -PreContent \"## $env:computername\" -PostContent \"_$(Get-Date)_\" | \r\nOut-File c:\\work\\winsvc.md\r\n<\/pre>\n
Here\u2019s the end result:<\/p>\n
\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Where I think this will come in handy is when you want to create documentation. Here is a proof of concept script.<\/p>\n
#SystemMarkdownReport.ps1\r\n\r\nparam(\r\n[string]$Title = \"System Configuration Report\",\r\n[string]$Computername = $env:COMPUTERNAME,\r\n[ValidatePattern('\\.md$')]\r\n[string]$Filepath = \"SystemReport.md\"\r\n)\r\n\r\n. C:\\scripts\\Convertto-Markdown.ps1\r\n\r\n$PSDefaultParameterValues.add(\"Get-Ciminstance:computername\",$computername)\r\n\r\n$pre = @\"\r\n\r\nThis is a system configuration report for $($computername.toupper())\r\n\"@\r\n\r\n$fragments = @()\r\n\r\n$fragments+= ConvertTo-Markdown -Title $title -PreContent $pre\r\n\r\n#Computersystem\r\n$prop = 'Manufacturer','Model','SystemFamily','SystemSKUNumber','SystemType','NumberOfLogicalProcessors','NumberofProcessors','TotalPhysicalMemory' \r\n$cs = Get-CimInstance Win32_Computersystem -ov c -Property $prop | Select-Object -Property $prop \r\n\r\n$class = ($c.cimclass.cimclassname.split(\"_\")[1])\r\n$fragments+= $cs | ConvertTo-Markdown -precontent \"## $class\"\r\n\r\n#volumes\r\n$vol = Get-CimInstance win32_volume -ov c| Select-Object Name,Label,Freespace,Capacity | Format-List\r\n$class = ($c.cimclass.cimclassname.split(\"_\")[1])\r\n$fragments+= $vol | ConvertTo-Markdown -precontent \"## $class\"\r\n\r\n#processor\r\n$cpu = Get-CimInstance win32_processor -ov c | \r\nSelect-Object DeviceID,Name,Caption,MaxClockSpeed,*CacheSize,NumberOf*,SocketDesignation,*Width,Manufacturer\r\n$class = ($c.cimclass.cimclassname.split(\"_\")[1])\r\n$fragments+= $cpu | ConvertTo-Markdown -PreContent \"## $class\"\r\n\r\n#memory\r\n$mem = Get-CimInstance win32_physicalmemory -ov c| Select-Object BankLabel,Capacity,DataWidth,Speed\r\n$class = ($c.cimclass.cimclassname.split(\"_\")[1])\r\n$fragments+= $mem | ConvertTo-Markdown -precontent \"## $class\"\r\n\r\n#networkadapter\r\n$net = Get-NetAdapter -Physical -ov c | Select-Object Name,InterfaceDescription,LinkSpeed\r\n$class=\"NetworkAdapter\"\r\n$fragments+= $net | ConvertTo-Markdown -precontent \"## $class\"\r\n\r\n<#\r\n#system drivers\r\n$sysdrv = Get-CimInstance win32_systemdriver -ov c -filter \"State='running'\" | \r\nSelect-Object Name,Description,State,StartMode,Started,Pathname,ServiceType | Sort State,Caption\r\n$class = ($c.cimclass.cimclassname.split(\"_\")[1])\r\n$fragments+= $sysdrv | ConvertTo-Markdown -precontent \"## $class\"\r\n#>\r\n\r\n$fragments+= ConvertTo-Markdown -postcontent \"_report run $(Get-Date)_\"\r\n\r\n$fragments | out-file -FilePath $filepath\r\n<\/pre>\n
The final markdown isn\u2019t always perfect so expect to make some minor adjustments.<\/p>\n
\"Markdown<\/p>\n
And here is one more example of creating a more complex markdown document.<\/p>\n
. C:\\scripts\\Convertto-Markdown.ps1\r\n\r\n$computers = \"srv1\",\"srv2\",\"srv4\"\r\n$Title = \"System Report\"\r\n$footer = \"_report run $(Get-Date) by $($env:USERDOMAIN)\\$($env:USERNAME)_\"\r\n\r\n$sb =  {\r\n$os = get-ciminstance -classname win32_operatingsystem -property caption,lastbootUptime\r\n[PSCustomObject]@{\r\n    PSVersion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion\r\n    OS = $os.caption\r\n    Uptime = (Get-Date) - $os.lastbootUpTime\r\n    SizeFreeGB = (Get-Volume -DriveLetter C).SizeRemaining \/1GB\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\n$out = Convertto-Markdown -title $Title -PreContent \"Here is the system summary information you requested.\"\r\nforeach ($computer in $computers) {\r\n $out+= Invoke-command -scriptblock $sb -ComputerName $computer -HideComputerName |\r\n Select-Object -Property * -ExcludeProperty RunspaceID |\r\n ConvertTo-Markdown -PreContent \"## $($computer.toUpper())\"\r\n}\r\n$out += ConvertTo-Markdown -PostContent $footer\r\n$out | set-content c:\\work\\report.md<\/pre>\n
\"markdown-systemreport\"<\/p>\n
I hope you\u2019ll give the function a try and let me know what you think. And if you want to share any online tutorials for learning basic markdown, that would be terrific. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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