PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

How to do it...

We will only write the first function; we already have a function to create the files. Follow these steps to get started:

1. Write the function to generate the filenames. Make this function really simple and bare-bones:

function New-FileName {
    param (
        # The name of the file
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
        [string]
        $Prefix='File',

        # The number of files to be generated
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, Position=1)]
        [int]
        $Count=1
    )

    begin {
        $InitCount = 1
    }

    process {
        while ($InitCount -le $Count) {
            Write-Output $Prefix$InitCount
            $InitCount++
        }
    }
}

2. Copy and paste the New-File function from 09-New-File.ps1. You may want to remove the ConfirmPreference line from the function if you do not want the function to prompt you to confirm the ...