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https://github.com/captainqwerty/pslogwriter

PowerShell module to allow easy creation of logs within your PowerShell projects
https://github.com/captainqwerty/pslogwriter

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PowerShell module to allow easy creation of logs within your PowerShell projects

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PSLogWriter



A simple project to easily add a log to your scripts


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## About The Project

This project was to just offer people a easy way to quickly add the ability to output a nice, simple log within their own projects. The module can output a log file of a .txt or .log format and utilises three log entry types: Information, Warning and Error.

### Features

* Information, warning and error logging
* Customisable date format

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## Getting Started

### Prerequisites
* PowerShell version 5.0 or greater

### Installation

## Manual Installation
1. Download the `Source.zip` from the latest release
2. Extract the zipped folder
3. Locate your user module path:

```PowerShell
# This command will list the usable folders
$env:PSModulePath -split ';'
```
4. Copy the `PSLogWriter` folder from within the extracted folder, to your preferred module folder
5. Verify the installation

## Verification
```PowerShell
# Import the module
Import-Module PSLogWriter

# Check the module version
Get-Module PSLogWriter

# View available commands
Get-Command -Module PSLogWriter
```

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## Usage
```PowerShell
# Importing the module
Import-Module PSLogWriter

# Creating a log object, you could delcare several different variable
# names to have multiple logs running for different information
$Log = New-Log -LogLocation "$PSScriptLog\Log.log"

# Examples of adding log entries
$Log.AddInfo("This message is informational") # Info entry
$Log.AddError("Oh no. Something went wrong!") # Error entry
$Log.AddWarning("Calm yourself, this is a warning") # Warning entry
$Log.AddCustomEntry("BACON","This is a bacon alert!") # Custom entry
$Log.AddCustomEntry("Bacon","Green","This is a bacon alert!") # Custom entry with custom colour

# Removing the module
Remove-Module PSLogWriter
```

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## Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are **greatly appreciated**.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement".
Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`)
3. Commit your Changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`)
4. Push to the Branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`)
5. Open a Pull Request

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## Acknowledgments

* [Othneildrew's Best-README-Template](https://github.com/othneildrew/Best-README-Template)

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