Powershell - trying to merge 2 result in 1 txt/csv - powershell

Question

I'm trying to make a daily script to check status of list of URLS and pinging servers.
I've tried to combine the csv, however, the output of $status code is different from the one in csv
$pathIn = "C:\\Users\\test\\Desktop\\URLList.txt"
$URLList = Get-Content -Path $pathIn
$names = gc "C:\\Users\\test\\Desktop\\hostnames.txt"
#status code
$result = foreach ($uri in $URLList) {
try {
$res = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -UseBasicParsing -DisableKeepAlive -Method Head -TimeoutSec 5 -ErrorAction Stop
$status = [int]$res.StatusCode
}
catch {
$status = [int]$_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.value__
}
# output a formatted string to capture in variable $result
"$status - $uri"
}
$result
#output to log file
$result | Export-Csv "C:\\Users\\test\\Desktop\\Logs.csv"
#ping
$output = $()
foreach ($name in $names) {
$results = #{ "Host Name" = $name }
if (Test-Connection -Computername $name -Count 5 -ea 0) {
$results["Results"] = "Up"
}
else {
$results["Results"] = "Down"
}
New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $results -OutVariable nameStatus
$output += $nameStatus
}
$output | Export-Csv "C:\\Users\\test\\Desktop\\hostname.csv"
#combine the 2 csvs into 1 excel file
$path = "C:\\Users\\test\\Desktop" #target folder
cd $path;
$csvs = Get-ChildItem .\*.csv
$csvCount = $csvs.Count
Write-Host "Detected the following CSV files: ($csvCount)"
foreach ($csv in $csvs) {
Write-Host " -"$csv.Name
}
Write-Host "--------------------"
$excelFileName = "daily $(get-Date -Format dd-MM-yyyy).xlsx"
Write-Host "Creating: $excelFileName"
foreach ($csv in $csvs) {
$csvPath = ".\" + $csv.Name
$worksheetName = $csv.Name.Replace(".csv", "")
Write-Host " - Adding $worksheetName to $excelFileName"
Import-Csv -Path $csvPath | Export-Excel -Path $excelFileName -WorkSheetname $worksheetName
}
Write-Host "--------------------"
cd $path;
Get-ChildItem \* -Include \*.csv -Recurse | Remove-Item
Write-Host "Cleaning up"
Output in PowerShell
200 - https://chargebacks911.com/play-404/
200 - https://www.google.com/
500 - httpstat.us/500/
Host Name Results
----------------
x.x.x.x Down
x.x.x.x Up
Detected the following CSV files: (2)
- daily 26-03-2022.csv
- Logs.csv
--------------------
Creating: daily26-03-2022.xlsx
- Adding daily 26-03-2022 to daily26-03-2022.xlsx
- Adding Logs to daily26-03-2022.xlsx
--------------------
Cleaning up
\----------------------------------
result in excel
\#Hostname
Host Name Results
x.x.x.x Down
x.x.x.x Up
\#Logs
Length
42
29
22
I would like to know
how to correct the output in "Logs" sheet
if there's anyway to simplify my script to make it cleaner

Answer 1

Welcome to SO. You're asking for a review or refactoring of your complete script. I think that's not how SO is supposed be used. Instead you may focus on one particular issue and ask about a specific problem you have with it.
I will focus only on the part with the query of the status of your servers. You should stop using Write-Host. Instead you should take advantage of PowerShells uinique feature - working with rich and powerful objects instead of stupid text. ;-)
I'd approach the task of querying a bunch of computers like this:
$ComputernameList = Get-Content -Path 'C:\Users\test\Desktop\hostnames.txt'
$Result =
foreach ($ComputerName in $ComputernameList) {
[PSCustomObject]#{
ComputerName = $ComputerName
Online = Test-Connection -ComputerName $ComputerName -Count 1 -Quiet
}
}
$result
Now you have a PowerShell object you can pipe to Export-Csv for example or use it for further steps.
For example filter for the offline computers:
$result | Where-Object -Property Online -NE -Value $true
If you insist to have a visual control during the runtime of the script you may use Write-Verbose or Write-Debug. This way you can switch on the output if needed but omit it when the script runs unattended.