SplitCollection.dll-Help.xml
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<helpItems schema="maml" xmlns="http://msh"> <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10" xmlns:MSHelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp"> <command:details> <command:name>Split-Collection</command:name> <command:verb>Split</command:verb> <command:noun>Collection</command:noun> <maml:description> <maml:para>Splits collections into smaller collections.</maml:para> </maml:description> </command:details> <maml:description> <maml:para>This cmdlet splits collections (arrays, lists, etc.) into smaller arrays. Collections can be split in 2 ways:</maml:para> <maml:para>ChunkSize (each sub array will have the user specified size.) AmountOfParts (the input objects will be divided evenly between X amount of sub arrays.)</maml:para> <maml:para>The cmdlet generally doesn't throw errors, but it will write warnings if there aren't enough input objects for the specified sizes.</maml:para> </maml:description> <command:syntax> <command:syntaxItem> <maml:name>Split-Collection</maml:name> <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none"> <maml:name>InputObject</maml:name> <maml:Description> <maml:para>The collection to split into smaller arrays.</maml:para> </maml:Description> <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Object[]</command:parameterValue> <dev:type> <maml:name>Object[]</maml:name> <maml:uri /> </dev:type> <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none"> <maml:name>ChunkSize</maml:name> <maml:Description> <maml:para>Specifies how big each sub array will be.</maml:para> </maml:Description> <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Int32</command:parameterValue> <dev:type> <maml:name>Int32</maml:name> <maml:uri /> </dev:type> <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue> </command:parameter> </command:syntaxItem> <command:syntaxItem> <maml:name>Split-Collection</maml:name> <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none"> <maml:name>InputObject</maml:name> <maml:Description> <maml:para>The collection to split into smaller arrays.</maml:para> </maml:Description> <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Object[]</command:parameterValue> <dev:type> <maml:name>Object[]</maml:name> <maml:uri /> </dev:type> <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none"> <maml:name>AmountOfParts</maml:name> <maml:Description> <maml:para>Specifies how many sub arrays will be created. The input collection is divided evenly between each of the new arrays.</maml:para> </maml:Description> <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Int32</command:parameterValue> <dev:type> <maml:name>Int32</maml:name> <maml:uri /> </dev:type> <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue> </command:parameter> </command:syntaxItem> </command:syntax> <command:parameters> <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none"> <maml:name>InputObject</maml:name> <maml:Description> <maml:para>The collection to split into smaller arrays.</maml:para> </maml:Description> <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Object[]</command:parameterValue> <dev:type> <maml:name>Object[]</maml:name> <maml:uri /> </dev:type> <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none"> <maml:name>ChunkSize</maml:name> <maml:Description> <maml:para>Specifies how big each sub array will be.</maml:para> </maml:Description> <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Int32</command:parameterValue> <dev:type> <maml:name>Int32</maml:name> <maml:uri /> </dev:type> <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue> </command:parameter> <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none"> <maml:name>AmountOfParts</maml:name> <maml:Description> <maml:para>Specifies how many sub arrays will be created. The input collection is divided evenly between each of the new arrays.</maml:para> </maml:Description> <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Int32</command:parameterValue> <dev:type> <maml:name>Int32</maml:name> <maml:uri /> </dev:type> <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue> </command:parameter> </command:parameters> <command:inputTypes> <command:inputType> <dev:type> <maml:name>System.Object[]</maml:name> </dev:type> <maml:description> <maml:para></maml:para> </maml:description> </command:inputType> </command:inputTypes> <command:returnValues> <command:returnValue> <dev:type> <maml:name>System.Object[]</maml:name> </dev:type> <maml:description> <maml:para></maml:para> </maml:description> </command:returnValue> </command:returnValues> <maml:alertSet> <maml:alert> <maml:para></maml:para> </maml:alert> </maml:alertSet> <command:examples> <command:example> <maml:title>---- Example 1 Splitting objects evenly for jobs to process ----</maml:title> <dev:code>PS C:\> Split-Collection -InputObject (Get-Content -Path C:\FolderList.txt) -AmountOfParts 4 | ForEach {Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Invoke-Scan $using:_}}</dev:code> <dev:remarks> <maml:para>This example divides the paths specified in C:\FolderList.txt evenly into 4 chunks. Each chunk is then used to start a job that processes these paths.</maml:para> </dev:remarks> </command:example> </command:examples> <command:relatedLinks /> </command:command> </helpItems> |