Active Directory Powershell to fixed width txt file - powershell

Question

Trying to export 4 objects from Ad to a fixed-width txt file with no header.
I need the following columns to be the width that follows.
Employee ID 10
Work Phone 10
Work Phone Extension 5
Work Email Address 50
User ID 20
The following gives me the best output, but doesn't size the columns the way I need. I have been digging around, and think what I need is a bit beyond what I'm comfortable with.
I'm not sure if i need to export with export-csv and then import that into reformat or if I can do out-file directly.
$DateTime = Get-Date -f "yyyyMMdd"
#// Set CSV file name
$CSVFile = "d:\scripts\workday\int002_"+$DateTime+".txt"
Get-ADGroup -Filter {(name -like "*Group Name*")} `
| Get-ADGroupMember -Recursive | Where { $_.objectClass -eq "user" } `
| Get-ADUser -properties * | where {$_.enabled -eq $true} `
| select employeeid,telephoneNumber,mail,sAMAccountName -unique | FT employeeid,telephoneNumber,mail,sAMAccountName -hidetableheaders -autosize | out-file $CSVFile
Sample Output:
8855 2122445710 xxxry.michalsen#companydomain.com michalsenm

Answer 1

You might need to do it manually...
$result = foreach($user in $users) {
$user.employeeid.PadRight(10),
$user.telephoneNumber.PadRight(10),
$user.mail.PadRight(50),
$user.sAMAccountName.PadRight(20) -join ' '
}
$result | Out-File $CSVFile
A revised version that also works if the property is not a string:
$result = foreach($user in $users) {
'{0,-10}{1,-10}{2,-50}{3,-20}' -f
$user.employeeid,
$user.telephoneNumber,
$user.mail,
$user.sAMAccountName
}
$result | Out-File $CSVFile