Output Values from gc into Hash Table - powershell

Question

Trying to make a hash table with 2 categories: Users and Passwords.
This is my code thus far but the issue is the output only displays the command and does not execute it.
for ($i=1; $i -le 10; $i++){
$caps = [char[]] "ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXY"
$lows = [char[]] "abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxy"
$nums = [char[]] "2346789"
$spl = [char[]] "!##$%^&*?+"
$first = $lows | Get-Random -count 1;
$second = $caps | Get-Random -count 1;
$third = $nums | Get-Random -count 1;
$forth = $lows | Get-Random -count 1;
$fifth = $spl | Get-Random -count 1;
$sixth = $caps | Get-Random -count 1;
$pwd = [string](#($first) + #($second) + #($third) + #($forth) + #($fifth) + #($sixth))
Out-File C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\L8_userpasswords.txt -InputObject $pwd -Append
}
$here = #'
$users=Get-Content C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\L8_users.txt
$passwords=Get-Content C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Documents\\L8_userpasswords.txt
'#
convertfrom-stringdata -stringdata $here
This is the output I am getting:
PS C:\Users\Administrator> C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\l8.ps1
Name Value
---- -----
$users Get-Content C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Lab8_users.txt
$passwords Get-Content C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\L8_userpasswords.txt

Answer 1

I think you want this, which will turn the list of users and passwords into a HashTable, and then cast it to a PSCustomObject, which will have two properties: Users and Passwords.
$Data = [PSCustomObject]#{
Users = Get-Content -Path C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\L8_users.txt;
Passwords = Get-Content -Path C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\L8_userpasswords.txt;
}
$Data;

Answer 2

Or hey, you could probably just replace the entire script with a one liner:
GC C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\L8_users.txt|%{[PSCustomObject]#{User=$_;Password=[System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(10,3)}}
Unless you are super attached to your password generation loop that is. [System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(X,Y) will generate complex passwords where X is the length and Y is the number of special characters (the rest will be a random mix of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers). So in my code (10,3) is a 10 character password with 3 non-alphanumeric characters.
You want it saved to a file? Pipe that to Export-CSV. Or assign it to a variable by prefixing it with something like $UserList = <code>.
Or if you really, really want a Hash Table you could make an empty one and then alter it just a little to add each pair to the table like this:
$UserList = #{}
GC C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\L8_users.txt|%{$UserList.add($_,[System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(10,3))}

Answer 3

Assuming that L8_users.txt and L8_userpasswords.txt contain the same number of items, you could do something like this:
$users = Get-Content 'C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\L8_users.txt'
$passwords = Get-Content 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\L8_userpasswords.txt'
$userpasswords = #{}
for ($i = 0; i -lt $users.Length; $i++) {
$userpasswords[$users[$i]] = $passwords[$i]
}