scripts

Write-VisibleString.ps1

SYNOPSIS

Displays a string, showing nonprintable characters.

SYNTAX

Write-VisibleString.ps1 [-InputObject] <Object> [-AsRunes] [-UseSymbols] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Write-VisibleString.ps1 "a`tb`nc"

a 09 b 0a c

PARAMETERS

-InputObject

The string to show.

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-AsRunes

Parse Runes from the string rather than Chars.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-UseSymbols

Print control characters as control picture symbols rather than hex values.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

System.Object to serialize with nonprintable characters made visible as a hex pair.

OUTPUTS

System.Void

NOTES