display-time.md

The display-time.ps1 Script

This PowerShell script displays the current time (for 10 seconds by default)

Parameters

/home/mf/Repos/PowerShell/Scripts/display-time.ps1 [[-Seconds] <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]

-Seconds <Int32>
    Specifies the number of seconds to display the time
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                10
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./display-time

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Displays the current time
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script displays the current time (for 10 seconds by default)
.PARAMETER Seconds
	Specifies the number of seconds to display the time
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./display-time
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([int]$Seconds = 10)

try {
	for ([int]$i = 0; $i -lt $Seconds; $i++) {
		Clear-Host
		Write-Output ""
		$CurrentTime = Get-Date -format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" 
		./write-big $CurrentTime
		Write-Output ""
		Start-Sleep -seconds 1
	}
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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