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[Read-BeepFile] Powershell script to read a text file and beep based on the content #powershell
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<# | |
.Synopsis | |
Reads a file, and beeps on 0 or 1. | |
.Description | |
Reads a textfile, beeps once for every 0 and twice for 1 it finds in the text. | |
.Parameter Path | |
The file to read | |
.Inputs | |
System.IO.FileInfo | |
.Example | |
Read-BeepFile -Path .\beep.txt | |
#> | |
[Cmdletbinding()] | |
Param( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory)] | |
[System.IO.FileInfo] | |
$Path | |
) | |
Begin { | |
function singleBeep { | |
[console]::beep(500, 500) | |
} | |
function doubleBeep { | |
[console]::beep(450, 200) | |
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 50 | |
[console]::beep(450, 200) | |
} | |
} | |
Process { | |
Try { | |
Get-Content $Path -Encoding Byte | ForEach-Object { | |
$currentchar = [char]$_ | |
Write-Output $currentchar | |
if ($currentchar -eq "0") { singleBeep } | |
if ($currentchar -eq "1") { doubleBeep } | |
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 700 | |
} | |
} | |
Catch { | |
Write-Error $_ | |
} | |
} | |
End { } |
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