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01-18-2008
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue Out-File has -width parameter You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. I'm TM> asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates the TM> column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to expand it TM> to give me everything. TM> TM> ---------------------------------------------------- TM> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM> SQL Server MVP TM> Toronto, ON Canada TM> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau |
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| Guest | Format Issue I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. I'm asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates the column and puts .... at the end. I can't remember how to expand it to give me everything. -- Tom ---------------------------------------------------- Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS SQL Server MVP Toronto, ON Canada https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau |
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01-18-2008
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue It's almost working. I had tried the -AutoSize parameter for Format-Table and it didn't make any difference. However, the -Width parameter for Out-File does. That said, I don't like the fact that it pads blanks onto lines that are shorter than the specified width. Is there some way of expanding that doesn't put unnecessary whitespace? -- Tom ---------------------------------------------------- Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS SQL Server MVP Toronto, ON Canada https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:29d4f64638ba8ca2800c7023b18@xxxxxx Out-File has -width parameter You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. I'm TM> asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates the TM> column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to expand it TM> to give me everything. TM> TM> ---------------------------------------------------- TM> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM> SQL Server MVP TM> Toronto, ON Canada TM> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau |
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01-18-2008
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue I find that its best to format the data yourself when piping to a file I can provide you example if you gimme an idea of what your looking for. Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM> It's almost working. I had tried the -AutoSize parameter for TM> Format-Table and it didn't make any difference. However, the -Width TM> parameter for Out-File does. That said, I don't like the fact that TM> it pads blanks onto lines that are shorter than the specified width. TM> Is there some way of expanding that doesn't put unnecessary TM> whitespace? TM> TM> ---------------------------------------------------- TM> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM> SQL Server MVP TM> Toronto, ON Canada TM> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM> news:29d4f64638ba8ca2800c7023b18@xxxxxx TM> Out-File has -width parameter TM> You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table TM> TM> Brandon Shell TM> --------------- TM> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. TM>> I'm asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates TM>> the column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to expand TM>> it to give me everything. TM>> TM>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>> SQL Server MVP TM>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau |
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01-18-2008
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue Right now, I'm just trying to save the command history. Where I have a problem is if the command has a lot of characters in it. I've got the rest down fine; it's just that width thing... -- Tom ---------------------------------------------------- Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS SQL Server MVP Toronto, ON Canada https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:29d4f64638bf8ca28044f562e9f@xxxxxx I find that its best to format the data yourself when piping to a file I can provide you example if you gimme an idea of what your looking for. Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM> It's almost working. I had tried the -AutoSize parameter for TM> Format-Table and it didn't make any difference. However, the -Width TM> parameter for Out-File does. That said, I don't like the fact that TM> it pads blanks onto lines that are shorter than the specified width. TM> Is there some way of expanding that doesn't put unnecessary TM> whitespace? TM> TM> ---------------------------------------------------- TM> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM> SQL Server MVP TM> Toronto, ON Canada TM> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM> news:29d4f64638ba8ca2800c7023b18@xxxxxx TM> Out-File has -width parameter TM> You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table TM> TM> Brandon Shell TM> --------------- TM> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. TM>> I'm asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates TM>> the column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to expand TM>> it to give me everything. TM>> TM>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>> SQL Server MVP TM>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau |
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01-18-2008
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue have you looked at Start-Transcript http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb978600.aspx and Stop-Transcript http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb978567.aspx Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM> Right now, I'm just trying to save the command history. Where I TM> have a problem is if the command has a lot of characters in it. TM> I've got the rest down fine; it's just that width thing... TM> TM> ---------------------------------------------------- TM> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM> SQL Server MVP TM> Toronto, ON Canada TM> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM> news:29d4f64638bf8ca28044f562e9f@xxxxxx TM> I find that its best to format the data yourself when piping to a TM> file TM> I can provide you example if you gimme an idea of what your looking TM> for. TM> TM> Brandon Shell TM> --------------- TM> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>> It's almost working. I had tried the -AutoSize parameter for TM>> Format-Table and it didn't make any difference. However, the TM>> -Width parameter for Out-File does. That said, I don't like the TM>> fact that it pads blanks onto lines that are shorter than the TM>> specified width. Is there some way of expanding that doesn't put TM>> unnecessary whitespace? TM>> TM>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>> SQL Server MVP TM>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM>> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM>> news:29d4f64638ba8ca2800c7023b18@xxxxxx TM>> Out-File has -width parameter TM>> You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table TM>> Brandon Shell TM>> --------------- TM>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>>> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. TM>>> I'm asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates TM>>> the column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to TM>>> expand TM>>> it to give me everything. TM>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau |
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue Try format-table -auto -wrap ----- Shay Levi $cript Fanatic http://scriptolog.blogspot.com
TM>> have a problem is if the command has a lot of characters in it. TM>> I've got the rest down fine; it's just that width thing... TM>> TM>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>> SQL Server MVP TM>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM>> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM>> news:29d4f64638bf8ca28044f562e9f@xxxxxx TM>> I find that its best to format the data yourself when piping to a TM>> file TM>> I can provide you example if you gimme an idea of what your looking TM>> for. TM>> Brandon Shell TM>> --------------- TM>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>>> It's almost working. I had tried the -AutoSize parameter for TM>>> Format-Table and it didn't make any difference. However, the TM>>> -Width parameter for Out-File does. That said, I don't like the TM>>> fact that it pads blanks onto lines that are shorter than the TM>>> specified width. Is there some way of expanding that doesn't put TM>>> unnecessary whitespace? TM>>> TM>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM>>> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM>>> news:29d4f64638ba8ca2800c7023b18@xxxxxx TM>>> Out-File has -width parameter TM>>> You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table TM>>> Brandon Shell TM>>> --------------- TM>>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM>>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>>>> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. TM>>>> I'm asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates TM>>>> the column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to TM>>>> expand TM>>>> it to give me everything. TM>>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau | ||||||||||||
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01-18-2008
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue Wow! I did not know that! Thanx! That said, I'm still wondering how to make the complete width of a wide column show up, regardless of whether or not I'm saving to a file. -- Tom ---------------------------------------------------- Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS SQL Server MVP Toronto, ON Canada https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:29d4f64638c58ca2808c41fdd8f@xxxxxx have you looked at Start-Transcript http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb978600.aspx and Stop-Transcript http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb978567.aspx Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM> Right now, I'm just trying to save the command history. Where I TM> have a problem is if the command has a lot of characters in it. TM> I've got the rest down fine; it's just that width thing... TM> TM> ---------------------------------------------------- TM> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM> SQL Server MVP TM> Toronto, ON Canada TM> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM> news:29d4f64638bf8ca28044f562e9f@xxxxxx TM> I find that its best to format the data yourself when piping to a TM> file TM> I can provide you example if you gimme an idea of what your looking TM> for. TM> TM> Brandon Shell TM> --------------- TM> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>> It's almost working. I had tried the -AutoSize parameter for TM>> Format-Table and it didn't make any difference. However, the TM>> -Width parameter for Out-File does. That said, I don't like the TM>> fact that it pads blanks onto lines that are shorter than the TM>> specified width. Is there some way of expanding that doesn't put TM>> unnecessary whitespace? TM>> TM>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>> SQL Server MVP TM>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM>> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM>> news:29d4f64638ba8ca2800c7023b18@xxxxxx TM>> Out-File has -width parameter TM>> You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table TM>> Brandon Shell TM>> --------------- TM>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>>> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. TM>>> I'm asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates TM>>> the column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to TM>>> expand TM>>> it to give me everything. TM>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau |
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue That's not bad, but as its name implies, it wraps to the next line. I'd like it just to give me the full width without wrapping. -- Tom ---------------------------------------------------- Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS SQL Server MVP Toronto, ON Canada https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau "Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8766a9441aada8ca28449cfc0428@xxxxxx Try format-table -auto -wrap ----- Shay Levi $cript Fanatic http://scriptolog.blogspot.com
TM>> have a problem is if the command has a lot of characters in it. TM>> I've got the rest down fine; it's just that width thing... TM>> TM>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>> SQL Server MVP TM>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM>> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM>> news:29d4f64638bf8ca28044f562e9f@xxxxxx TM>> I find that its best to format the data yourself when piping to a TM>> file TM>> I can provide you example if you gimme an idea of what your looking TM>> for. TM>> Brandon Shell TM>> --------------- TM>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>>> It's almost working. I had tried the -AutoSize parameter for TM>>> Format-Table and it didn't make any difference. However, the TM>>> -Width parameter for Out-File does. That said, I don't like the TM>>> fact that it pads blanks onto lines that are shorter than the TM>>> specified width. Is there some way of expanding that doesn't put TM>>> unnecessary whitespace? TM>>> TM>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM>>> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM>>> news:29d4f64638ba8ca2800c7023b18@xxxxxx TM>>> Out-File has -width parameter TM>>> You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table TM>>> Brandon Shell TM>>> --------------- TM>>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM>>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>>>> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. TM>>>> I'm asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It truncates TM>>>> the column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to TM>>>> expand TM>>>> it to give me everything. TM>>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau | ||||||||||||
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| Guest | Re: Format Issue You can out-file with a -width enough to accommodate the longest string. ----- Shay Levi $cript Fanatic http://scriptolog.blogspot.com
TM>>> have a problem is if the command has a lot of characters in it. TM>>> I've got the rest down fine; it's just that width thing... TM>>> TM>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM>>> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message TM>>> news:29d4f64638bf8ca28044f562e9f@xxxxxx TM>>> I find that its best to format the data yourself when piping to a TM>>> file TM>>> I can provide you example if you gimme an idea of what your TM>>> looking TM>>> for. TM>>> Brandon Shell TM>>> --------------- TM>>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM>>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>>>> It's almost working. I had tried the -AutoSize parameter for TM>>>> Format-Table and it didn't make any difference. However, the TM>>>> -Width parameter for Out-File does. That said, I don't like the TM>>>> fact that it pads blanks onto lines that are shorter than the TM>>>> specified width. Is there some way of expanding that doesn't put TM>>>> unnecessary whitespace? TM>>>> TM>>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau TM>>>> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in TM>>>> message TM>>>> news:29d4f64638ba8ca2800c7023b18@xxxxxx TM>>>> Out-File has -width parameter TM>>>> You may also want the -auto flag for Format-Table TM>>>> Brandon Shell TM>>>> --------------- TM>>>> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ TM>>>> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject TM>>>>> I'm piping a command through Format-Table and then to Out-File. TM>>>>> I'm asking for a single column that is pretty wide. It TM>>>>> truncates TM>>>>> the column and puts ... at the end. I can't remember how to TM>>>>> expand TM>>>>> it to give me everything. TM>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------- TM>>>>> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS TM>>>>> SQL Server MVP TM>>>>> Toronto, ON Canada TM>>>>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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