Scripting Tips

Count of rows in Text File
$totalrows = Import-Csv C:\urls.csv | Measure-Object | Select-Object -expand count

Open/Read text File

    AccountNames.csv
         AccountName
         Domain\Name1
         Domain\Name2

$AcctFile="C:\AccountNames.csv"

ipcsv $AcctFile | foreach {
     $AName =$_.AccountName
}

Write-host
Write-host "Feature: " $AName -foregroundcolor yellow
Clear-Host


TimeStamp
$strTimestamp =  [string](Get-Date -format "yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss")
$strLogFile =  ($strFilePath + "FileName_" + $strTimestamp + ".log")

Log to File
$AName +",Blog-NotFound" | Out-File ($strLogFile) -append
Write-Output "$Class deleted on $CommunityList" | Out-File -Append $strLogFile
"Count  :"+$UrlsCount | Out-File -Append $DeletedReport

Log File Creation Prompt:
if ((Test-Path -path $FilePath) -ne $True) {
 $NewPathPrompt = "$FilePath does not exist! Would you like to create it?"
 $NewPathMessage = ""
 $NewPathYes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&Yes", `
  "Creates new directory at $FilePath"
 $NewPathNo = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&No", `
  "Do not create new directory and exit"
 $NewPathOptions = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]]($NewPathYes, $NewPathNo)
 $NewPathResult = $host.ui.PromptForChoice($NewPathPrompt, $NewPathMessage, $NewPathOptions, 0)
 switch ($NewPathResult)
  {
   0 {New-Item $FilePath -type directory}
   1 {Write-Host "Cannot continue without valid directory to save output file, exiting..."
    Exit
    }
  }
}