This is an example of a very simple multi thread script. All it does is output 2 user names per function.
But you can only imagine the power.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 | #Create a function, or in this example create/split up a large job into multiple functions. #Step 1 : Create threading.ps1 #Step 2 : Create function and add it to threading.ps1 #(Sample Function) function one{ $users1 = "CORP1Bollasr1", "CORP2aardeje1" foreach ($u in $users1){ Write-Output "$u" } } one | out-File C:lnloneresults.txt #Step 3 : Wrap the function inside a function with (Write-Output ' ') around each line. #(Sample Wrapped Function) function createone{ Write-Output 'function one{' Write-Output ' $users1 = "CORP1Bollasr1", "CORP2aardeje1"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users1){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'one | out-File C:lnloneresults.txt' } #Now I will show an example of 5 threads. This file is called threading.ps1 ##Create Multi Thread Script function createone{ Write-Output 'function one{' Write-Output ' $users1 = "CORP1Bollasr1", "CORP2aardeje1"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users1){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'one | out-File C:lnloneresults.txt' } function createtwo{ Write-Output 'function two{' Write-Output ' $users2 = "CORP1dudlesu1", "CORP2duerrma1"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users2){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'two | out-File C:lnltworesults.txt' } function createthree{ Write-Output 'function three{' Write-Output ' $users3 = "CORP1khattpa2", "CORP1khattsa1"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users3){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'three | out-File C:lnlthreeresults.txt' } function createfour{ Write-Output 'function four{' Write-Output ' $users4 = "CORP1pellath1", "CORP2pellian5"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users4){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'four | out-File C:lnlfourresults.txt' } function createfive{ Write-Output 'function five{' Write-Output ' $users5 = "CORP1trancu1", "CORP2tranth8"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users5){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'five | out-File C:lnlfiveresults.txt' } #Step 4 : Create .ps1 scripts out of the functions. #Take note that .... alows for a releative path. createone | out-File ....Threadone.ps1 createtwo | out-File ....Threadtwo.ps1 createthree | out-File ....Threadthree.ps1 createfour | out-File ....Threadfour.ps1 createfive | out-File ....Threadfive.ps1 #Step 5 : Launch threading script. start-job -filepath ....Threadone.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadtwo.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadthree.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadfour.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadfive.ps1 #Step 6 : Check Status of Jobs #The Wait-Job cmdlet waits for Windows PowerShell background jobs to complete before it displays the command prompt. get-job | wait-job #Step 7 : Stop any Job that may be hung. #The Stop-Job cmdlet stops Windows PowerShell background jobs that are in progress. get-job | stop-job #full Script called threading.ps1 ##Create Multi Thread Script function createone{ Write-Output 'function one{' Write-Output ' $users1 = "CORP1Bollasr1", "CORP2aardeje1"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users1){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'one | out-File C:lnloneresults.txt' } function createtwo{ Write-Output 'function two{' Write-Output ' $users2 = "CORP1dudlesu1", "CORP2duerrma1"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users2){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'two | out-File C:lnltworesults.txt' } function createthree{ Write-Output 'function three{' Write-Output ' $users3 = "CORP1khattpa2", "CORP1khattsa1"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users3){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'three | out-File C:lnlthreeresults.txt' } function createfour{ Write-Output 'function four{' Write-Output ' $users4 = "CORP1pellath1", "CORP2pellian5"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users4){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'four | out-File C:lnlfourresults.txt' } function createfive{ Write-Output 'function five{' Write-Output ' $users5 = "CORP1trancu1", "CORP2tranth8"' Write-Output ' foreach ($u in $users5){' Write-Output ' Write-Output "$u"' Write-Output ' }' Write-Output '}' Write-Output 'five | out-File C:lnlfiveresults.txt' } createone | out-File ....Threadone.ps1 createtwo | out-File ....Threadtwo.ps1 createthree | out-File ....Threadthree.ps1 createfour | out-File ....Threadfour.ps1 createfive | out-File ....Threadfive.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadone.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadtwo.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadthree.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadfour.ps1 start-job -filepath ....Threadfive.ps1 get-job | wait-job get-job | stop-job |
