powershell - Format Log Output -


my script backing multiple sql server databases , have outputting each database , file name log file. unsure how align them in column format.

function logwrite {   param ([string]$logstring)   add-content $logfile -value $logstring }   $server = new-object ("microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.server")  "(local)\sqlexpress" $databases = $server.databases  $array = @($db1,$db2,$db3,$db4,$db5,$db6,$db7,$db8,$db9,$db10,$db11) foreach ($element in $array) {   foreach ($db in $databases)   {     if($db.name -like $element)     {       $dbname = $db.name       $datetime = get-date -format yyyy_mm_dd       $fullbackupfilepath = ($backupdirectory + "\" + $dbname + "_full_" + $datetime + ".bak")        backup-sqldatabase -serverinstance $sqlserver -database $dbname -backupfile $fullbackupfilepath        logwrite "$dbname   -    $backupdirectory"     }   } } 

this looks like:

databases succesfully backed up:  aqm       c:\mappa_backup\full atlas       c:\mappa_backup\full halive       c:\mappa_backup\full hatrafficinfo       c:\mappa_backup\full jtr       c:\mappa_backup\full jtr2       c:\mappa_backup\full mappa       c:\mappa_backup\full mtf       c:\mappa_backup\full partoneclaims       c:\mappa_backup\full ptfeedback       c:\mappa_backup\full   following files deleted older 14 days:  aqm_full_2015_08_19.bak atlas_full_2015_08_19.bak halive_full_2015_08_19.bak hatrafficinfo_full_2015_08_19.bak jtr2_full_2015_08_19.bak jtr_full_2015_08_19.bak mappa_full_2015_08_19.bak mtf_full_2015_08_19.bak partoneclaims_full_2015_08_19.bak ptfeedback_full_2015_08_19.bak 

another simple option use .net formatting directives e.g.:

logwrite ("{0,20}   -    {1,-60}" -f $dbname,$backupdirectory) 

where format specifier {<placeholder-number>,[- left-align]<field-width>}.


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