Powershell script Logging format

Question

I am trying to create a function for logging , it's giving me output log.csv file as below format.

date=10:28:2022 log_type=info stauts=success
date=10:28:2022 log_type=info stauts=failure
date=10:28:2022 log_type=info entity=failure

below is the function code I am using-
function Logs($type,$status))
{
$date = get-date -Format "MM:dd:yyyy"
"date=$date" + " , " + "log_type=$type" , " + "status=$status" | Out-File "logging.csv" -Append

if ( $type -eq "error")  
    {  
        Write-Host ""  
    }...  

}

but I want csv file to be with a column heading (date, log_type, status). How to change above function so that csv file will generate in column name format.
as below example -

date log_type status
10/28 info success
10/28 info success

Answer 1

Instead of working with strings, concatenation, placing commas in quotes, etc., you could do this:

function Logs{  
    param(  
        $type,  
        $status  
    )  
    [PSCustomObject]@{  
        date        = Get-Date -Format "MM:dd:yyyy"  
        log_type    = $type  
        status      = $status  
    } | Export-CSV logging.csv -NoTypeInformation -Append  
  
    if ($type -eq "error") {  
        Write-Host ""  
    }...  
}  

Just to make a point, your function contains an error: "date=$date" + " , " + "log_type=$type" , " + "status=$status" -- it's missing a concatenation operation and a double-quote.

You can accomplish the same thing like this: "date={0} , log_type={1} , status={2} -f $date, $type, $status" | Out-File logging.csv -Append -- without all the quoting and concatenation.

Answer 2

Hi @NGaur-3476 ,

you can just add this line to create the column heading to the file:

# To add the column heading to an existing file  
Out-File "logging.csv" -Append -InputObject "Date log_type status"  
# To add the column heading to a new file  
Out-File "logging.csv" -InputObject "Date log_type status"  

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten