logging

Log to a file

function Add-LogEntry {
    Param(
    [string]$Message,
    [Logs]$Type
    )
    enum Logs {
        Error
        Debug
        Info
    }
    $Log = "$LTSvc\enable_bitlocker.txt"
    $timestamp = (Get-Date).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")
    $errordetails = (Get-Error).ErrorDetails
    $line_number = Get-LineNumber
    switch ($Type) {
        ([Logs]::Debug) {Add-Content $Log "Line: $line_number : $timestamp  DEBUG: $message"; break  }
        ([Logs]::Error) {Add-Content $Log "Line: $line_number : $timestamp ERROR: $message ERROR DETAILS: $errordetails"; break }
        ([Logs]::Info) {Add-Content $Log "Line: $line_number : $timestamp INFO: $message"; break}
        (default) {Add-Content $Log "$timestamp []: $message"}
    }
}

Log to the console

 
# Outputs logs to the console
function Out-ConsoleLog {
    param(
        [Logs]$Type,
        [string]$Message,
        [string]$Recommendations
    )
    enum Logs {
        Info
        Success
        Failure
    }
  
    $console_logs = @{
        Info = "Line: $($MyInvocation.ScriptLineNumber) : $TimeStamp : $message"
        Success = "Line: $($MyInvocation.ScriptLineNumber) : $TimeStamp : $message"
        Failure =  "FAILURE: Script Halted at Line: $($MyInvocation.ScriptLineNumber)"
        RecommendedAction = $Recommendations
    }
 
    switch ($Type) {
 
        ([Logs]::Info) {Write-Host $console_logs.Info ; break}
 
        ([Logs]::Success) {Write-Host $console_logs.Success ; break }
 
        ([Logs]::Failure) {throw "$($console_logs.Failure) $Recommendations"; break }
 
    }
 
}
 
}
# Examples
# Out-ConsoleLog -Type Failure -Message "Test" -Recommendation "Try again"
# Out-ConsoleLog -Type Success -Message "Test"

Get Line Numbers

Call this function in the logging function above

function Get-LineNumber {
    $callstack = Get-PSCallStack
    return $callstack[$callstack.count -2].Position.StartLineNumber
}