Every day I use powershell its a school day, I learn something new!
So I use powershell at lot to create html pages from cmdlets. ConvertTo-Html is a god send and make this a hell of a lot easier. So lets take an easy one:
Get-Service ZuneNetworkSvc
Status Name DisplayName
—— —- ———–
Stopped ZuneNetworkSvc Zune Network Sharing Service
now convert it to html
Get-Service ZuneNetworkSvc | ConvertTo-Html -Fragment
| Name | RequiredServices | CanPauseAndContinue | CanShutdown | CanStop | DisplayNa me | DependentServices | MachineName | ServiceName | ServicesDependedOn | ServiceHandle</ th> | Status | ServiceType | Site | Container |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZuneNetworkSvc | System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[] | False | False | False | Zune Network Sharing Service | System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[] | . | ZuneNetworkSvc | System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[] | Stopped | Win32OwnProcess |
That cool, but a bit painful as it’s quite wide. Found this today the –As parameter!
Get-Service ZuneNetworkSvc | ConvertTo-Html –Fragment –As List
| Name: | ZuneNetworkSvc |
| RequiredServices: | System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[] |
| CanPauseAndContinue: | False |
| CanShutdown: | False |
| CanStop: | False |
| DisplayName: | Zune Network Sharing Service |
| DependentServices: | System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[] |
| MachineName: | . |
| ServiceName: | ZuneNetworkSvc |
| ServicesDependedOn: | System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[] |
| ServiceHandle: | |
| Status: | Stopped |
| ServiceType: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Site: | |
| Container: |
It just get better and better. Check out some of the other parameters here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd347572.aspx
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