Is there a way to get Write-Debug to print a blank line without printing DEBUG: Ex:
Write-Debug `n
Write-Debug `n # additional parameters or command here
Write-Debug `n
Output :>
DEBUG:
DEBUG:
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You could do this by creating function Write-Debug like this:
PS> function Write-Debug {
[cmdletbinding()]
param($message)
if (!$message) {
write-host; return
}
$cmd = get-command -commandType cmdlet Write-Debug
& $cmd $message
}
PS> Write-Debug 'this is test'; Write-Debug; Write-Debug '3rd row'
DEBUG: this is test
DEBUG: 3rd row
If you create new function with the same name as a cmdlet, you hide the original cmdlet, because PowerShell will first try to find function with name Write-Debug. If there is none, PowerShell tries to find cmdlet with that name. (generally the first type of command that PowerShell tries to find is alias, not a function).
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Unfortunately not. This "debug:" prefix is controlled by the powershell host, be that powershell.exe or powershell_ise.exe and is not configurable.
Update: you could do something dirty like write out some backspaces.
write-debug "`b`b`b`b`b`b`b " -debug
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GosuSan
Thanks for this answer! I wanted something like that. To improve on it a bit: Just use a single carriage return at the beginning of the line:
Write-Debug "`rthis is is a debug message"