Public/ConvertTo-JsonL.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Converts a collection of PowerShell objects to a single line JSON string. .DESCRIPTION The ConvertTo-JsonL function takes a collection of PowerShell objects and converts them to a single line JSON string. This is useful for scenarios where you need to pass JSON data as a command line argument or when you need to write JSON data to a file. .PARAMETER InputObject The collection of PowerShell objects to convert to JSON. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-Process | ? Company| select Company, name,Handles -First 5 | ConvertTo-JsonL {"Company":"Microsoft Corporation","Name":"ai","Handles":191} {"Company":"Microsoft Corporation","Name":"ApplicationFrameHost","Handles":425} {"Company":"Dell Technologies","Name":"AWCC","Handles":866} {"Company":"Dell Technologies","Name":"AWCC.Background.Server","Handles":1086} {"Company":"A-Volute","Name":"awscns","Handles":948} Converts the output of Get-Process to a single line JSON string. #> # Define the function ConvertTo-JsonL function ConvertTo-JsonL { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] $InputObject # The collection of PowerShell objects to convert to JSON. ) begin { $sb = [System.Text.StringBuilder]::new() # Create a new StringBuilder object to store the JSON string. } process { foreach ($obj in $InputObject) { # Loop through each object in the collection. $null = $sb.AppendLine(($obj | ConvertTo-Json -Compress)) # Convert the object to JSON and append it to the StringBuilder object. } } end { $sb.ToString() # Convert the StringBuilder object to a string and return it. } } |