Tutorial

Quick script to test out some basic formatting and syntax.

From: https://lazyadmin.nl/powershell/powershell-script/

<#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Create test files in given directory

  .DESCRIPTION
  The script generates an x amount (by default 10) of text file based test file in the 
  given folder. The files don't contain any content.

  .EXAMPLE
  CreateTestFiles.ps1 -path c:\temp -amount 50

  Create 50 files in c:\temp

  .NOTES
  Version:        1.0
  Author:         R. Mens - LazyAdmin.nl
  Creation Date:  04 oct 2022
  Modified Date:  
  Purpose/Change: Init
  Link:           https://lazyadmin.nl/powershell/powershell-scripting
#>

param(
  [Parameter(
    Mandatory = $true,
    HelpMessage = "Enter path were test files should be created"
  )]
  [string]$path,

  [Parameter(
    HelpMessage = "How many files should be created"
  )]
  [int]$amount = 10
)

Function New-TestFiles{
  <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Create test files
  #>
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string]$path
  )
  1..$amount | ForEach-Object {
    $newFile = "$path\test_file_$_.txt";
    New-Item $newFile
  }
}

# Ask for confirmation
Write-host "Creating $amount test files in $path" -ForegroundColor Cyan
$reply = Read-Host -Prompt "Is this correct? [Y] Yes [N] No "

if ( $reply -match "[yY]" ) { 
    New-TestFiles -path $path
}