PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

How to do it...

The modifications will be simple, but they will make a significant difference to how the script behaves:

1. Create a new PowerShell script file and paste the contents from the How to do it… section of the Writing a simple function recipe into the text window.
2. Make the modifications as follows. Do not copy and paste. Writing them by yourself will help you understand what you are doing:

function Start-Count { param ( # The current time, or the starting point [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)] [int] $CurrentTime, # The total number of seconds to count [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1)] [int] $TotalTime ) while ($CurrentTime -le $TotalTime) { Write-Progress -Activity "Counting to $TotalTime" -Status "Counting: $CurrentTime ...