September 1st, 2013

PowerTip: Display Progress Bar with PowerShell

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto
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Summary: Learn how to display a progress bar by using Windows PowerShell.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I easily display a progress bar by using Windows PowerShell?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the Write-Progress cmdlet:

for ($i = 1; $i -le 100; $i++) {Write-Progress -Activity ‘counting’ -Status “

$i percent” -PercentComplete $i ; sleep -Milliseconds 20}

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Scripting
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PowerTipScripting Guy!Windows PowerShell

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