Show memory

readme.md

This is what it looks like:

gistfile1.txt

Add-Type -TypeDefinition @"

using System;

public static class MemoryObserver
{
    private static System.Timers.Timer _timer;
    private static int _limit;
    private static System.Management.Automation.Host.PSHostRawUserInterface _rawUi;

    public static void Setup(System.Management.Automation.Host.PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, int limit)
    {
        _limit = limit;
        _rawUi = rawUi;
        _timer = new System.Timers.Timer
        {
            Enabled = true,
            AutoReset = true,
            Interval = 500,
        };

        _timer.Elapsed += OnElapsed;
    }

    private static void OnElapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
    {
        var memory = GC.GetTotalMemory(forceFullCollection: false) / (1024 * 1024);
        if (memory < _limit)
        {
            _rawUi.WindowTitle = $"😊 {memory} MB";
        }
        else
        {
            _rawUi.WindowTitle = $"☠️☠️☠️ {memory} MB";
        }
    }
}
"@

[MemoryObserver]::Setup($host.UI.RawUI, <# memory limit in MB #> 300)

## Remove code below for real examples
Write-Host "Idling look in the title."
Start-Sleep -seconds 5

Write-Host "Starting to  eat memory"
$eatMem = 1..1000 | % { Get-Process }