Jan 132011
Ever wanted to make your output a little cleaner? Try using the built in way of inserting a tab or a new line into your string in PowerShell. It’s an easy way to make your output look much better. All you need to do is add <code>n for a new line or </code>t for a tab.
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"This is a list of stuff -`nThing 1:`tSome Stuff`nThing 10:`tOther Stuff" > This is a list of stuff - > Thing 1: Some Stuff > Thing 10: Other Stuff |
That’s it. By the way, the backtick or backquote that you are seeing is the character to the left one the “1” key on your US formatted keyboard.
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“The backtick you are seeing” is not being seen – your site has replaced them with apostrophes
I had a plugin grabbing them! I fixed it, thanks for your reply!