Giving this little script in powershell:
$index = 1
$file = "C:\Users\myfile"
while ($index -le 100000)
{
$init_size = Write-Host((Get-Item $file).length/1KB)
<here is my command which populates $file>
$final_size = Write-Host((Get-Item $file).length/1KB)
$index ++
sleep 5
If ($final_size -eq $init_size) {break}
}
I don't understand why it breaks even if the init_size is different from the final_size.
Any suggestions?
Write-Host writes directly to the screen buffer and doesn't output anything, so the value of both $init_size and $final_size are effectively $null when you reach the if statement.
Do Write-Host $variable after assigning to $variable and it'll work:
$index = 1
$file = "C:\Users\myfile"
while ($index -le 100000) {
$init_size = (Get-Item $file).Length / 1KB
Write-Host $init_size
<here is my command which populates $file>
$final_size = (Get-Item $file).Length / 1KB
Write-Host $final_size
$index++
sleep 5
If ($final_size -eq $init_size) { break }
}
Calling Write-Host on the results of the assignment expression itself would work too:
Write-Host ($init_size = (Get-Item $file).Length / 1KB)
