Change powershell script to output without ellipses (…)

Question

I need some help with the output of the following script so the output doesn\'t show with the ellipses (...). I tried to insert | Format-Table -Wrap -AutoSize but I

Answer 1

What I do in this situation is to create a format description then use that as an argument to my Format-Table command. I've developed a function (Get-MaxLength) to examine the data field with the longest data (helps to have this at the end of the format description) and set the width in the format description with the value it returns. You can see the calculations in the code below. Notice the Number value for the Intel(4) Management Engine Interface. Also notice the use of -Wrap on the Format-Table command. This concept can be modified to calculate all fields widths or just the last one, it's just a little math.

Function Get-MaxLength {

<#
.SYNOPSIS
   Finds the length of the longest item in collection.

.DESCRIPTION
   Use this Function to get the length of the longest item in a
   collection for use in format strings or other places where
   needed.

.PARAMETER TestObj
    The qualified object to be tested. See example!

.Parameter MinLen
    The minimum length of the item (if using for formatting) which
    should be the Label (title) length. Note if the object item
    being tested does not have a Length property you MUST specify
    the label length!

.OUTPUTS
    Returns a numerical value

.EXAMPLE
   $NameLen = Get-MaxLength -TestObj $DotNet.PSChildName
   $VerLen  = Get-MaxLength -TestObj $DotNet.Version
   $RNLen   = Get-MaxLength -TestObj $DotNet.Release -MinLen 11

     #--- .Net Information ---

 $fmtDotNet =
  @{Expression={$_.PSChildName};Label=".Net Type";Width=$NameLen},
  @{Expression={$_.Version};Label="Version No:";Width=$VerLen},
  @{Expression={$_.Release};Label="Release No:";Width=$RNLen}

  $Dotnet | Format-Table $fmtDotNet
#>

  Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
     [object] $TestObj,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
     [int] $MinLen = 0,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
     [int] $MaxLen = 0
  )

   $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

   foreach ($x in $TestObj) {
     If ($x.Trim().length -gt $MinLen) {
       $MinLen = $x.Trim().length
     }
   }

   If ($MaxLen -ne 0) {
     If ($MinLen -gt $MaxLen) {
       $MinLen = $MaxLen
     }
   }

   $ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"

   Return ,$MinLen

} #End Function -----------  Get-MaxLength  -------------------

  $OstrWidth = 80
  
  $DriverInfo =
  Get-CimInstance -ClassName 'Win32_PNPSignedDriver'         |
  Where-Object -Property DriverProviderName  -ne "Microsoft" |
  Where-Object -Property DeviceName -ne -Value $Null         |
  Sort-Object  -Property DeviceName -Unique

$DriverCnt = $DriverInfo.Count

  $DVLen =
    Get-MaxLength -TestObj $DriverInfo.DriverVersion -MinLen 14
  $DDLen = $OstrWidth - $DVLen

  $fmtDRVR = @{Label="`nDriver Description";Width=$DDLen;
                                 Expression={$_.DeviceName}},
             @{Label="Version Number";    Width=$DVLen;
                                 Expression={$_.DriverVersion}}

  $DrvTitle = "$($DriverCnt) Non-Windows Unique Drivers and " +
              "Version Numbers:" | Out-String

  $DriverInfo =
    $DriverInfo | Format-Table -Property $fmtDRVR -Wrap |
                  Out-String   -Width $OStrWidth

Sample Output:

Driver Description                                                 Number
-------------------                                                -------------
Alcor Micro USB 2.0 Card Reader                                    2.0.150.10135
ASMedia USB3.1 eXtensible Host Controller                          1.16.42.1
...
Intel(R) HD Graphics 630                                           21.20.16.4550
Intel(R) Management Engine Interface                               1914.12.0.125
                                                                   6
Intel(R) Ready Mode Technology Device                              1.2.0.0
...
Realtek Audio                                                      6.0.1.8248
Samsung NVMe Controller                                            3.0.0.1802