Template-Sam-Standard-Script-Header-Footer.ps1

<# -------------------------- SCRIPT_HEADER (Only Get-Help comments and Param() above this point) -------------------------- #>
#Initializing a $Stopwatch variable to use to measure script execution
$stopwatch =  [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::StartNew()
#Using Write-Debug and playing with $DebugPreference -> "Continue" will output whatever you put on Write-Debug "Your text/values"
# and "SilentlyContinue" will output nothing on Write-Debug "Your text/values"
$DebugPreference = "Continue"
# Set Error Action to your needs
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
#Script Version
$ScriptVersion = "1.0"
# Log or report file definition - dumping 2 examples, use both if you need to output a report AND a script execution Log
# or just use one (delete the unused)
$CSVReportFile = "$PSScriptRoot\ReportOrLogFile_$(get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-ss).csv"
$ScriptExecutionLogReportFile = "$((Get-Location).Path)\PowerShellScriptExecuted-$(Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMMM-yyyy-hh-mm-ss-tt').txt"
<# -------------------------- /SCRIPT_HEADER -------------------------- #>
<# -------------------------- DECLARATIONS --------------------------
#Your message
$Message = "Hello world !"
<# /DECLARATIONS #>
<# -------------------------- FUNCTIONS -------------------------- #>
<# /FUNCTIONS #>
<# -------------------------- EXECUTIONS -------------------------- #>
Write-Debug $Message
<# /EXECUTIONS #>
<# -------------------------- SCRIPT_FOOTER -------------------------- #>
#Stopping StopWatch and report total elapsed time (TotalSeconds, TotalMilliseconds, TotalMinutes, etc...
$stopwatch.Stop()
Write-Host "`n`nThe script took $($StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds) seconds to execute..."
<# -------------------------- /SCRIPT_FOOTER (NOTHING BEYOND THIS POINT) -------------------------- #>