Hi

I'm creating a script that I can run against a remote host that may have been comprimised so I can compare it against a baseline.

 

The types of commands i'll be issuing will be:

gwmi win32_Service | Select Name,ProcessID,State,StartMode,PathName | ft >C:\outputfile.txt

 

What I really need to know is, is there a way that I can get the output to not truncate?  I have used the -auto and -wrap options but what I would prefer is to have the entire output on one line as these are not that readable for pathnames especially.

I have been trying to get the out-file -width option to work but it uses the extended width setting for all columns.  Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

Regards

Lee

You can try format-list or export-csv instead.

Thanks Shay. 

The only issue with those is, format-list will not be as readable as as a table for things like services and processes, and export-csv gets a little screwed up when I append different things to the same file, again such as processes, services, software and reg keys etc...

is there a way to output straight to text to maintain the table formating from the screen and use the -width option or similar but then not have it apply to spaces?

 

 

Not one that I aware of.

Thanks Shay. If I find a work around i'll post it up.

Okay, I got it. I should have tried more combinations of the -auto and -width before posting, but here is my solution.


gwmi win32_Service | Select Name,ProcessID,State,StartMode,PathName | ft -auto | outfile - width 150 C:\testfile.txt


it seems that the -auto will size columns that need to be sized and -width will use the specified width if it needs to use it.

Glad you worked it oiut :-)