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Created February 14, 2018 08:14
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When `Format-Table` has to truncate data / you need more screen width to output to, run this to create more space / enable horizontal scrolling
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Increase-ScreenBufferSize.ps1
#show the current screen buffer size
$Host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize
#update the current screen buffer size
$Host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize = New-Object Management.Automation.Host.Size (500, 0) #(width, height)
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