PowerShell/Docs/check-mac-address.md

## The PowerShell Script **check-mac-address.ps1**

This PowerShell script checks the given MAC address for validity
Supported MAC address formats are: 00:00:00:00:00:00 or 00-00-00-00-00-00 or 000000000000.

## Parameters
```powershell
check-mac-address.ps1 [[-MAC] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-MAC <String>
    Specifies the MAC address to check
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
```

## Example
```powershell
PS> ./check-mac-address 11:22:33:44:55:66
✔️ MAC address 11:22:33:44:55:66 is valid

```

## Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

## Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

## Source Code
```powershell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Checks the given MAC address for validity
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script checks the given MAC address for validity
	Supported MAC address formats are: 00:00:00:00:00:00 or 00-00-00-00-00-00 or 000000000000.
.PARAMETER MAC
	Specifies the MAC address to check
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./check-mac-address 11:22:33:44:55:66
	✔️ MAC address 11:22:33:44:55:66 is valid
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$MAC = "")

function IsMACAddressValid { param([string]$mac)
	$RegEx = "^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})|([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}){6}$"
	if ($mac -match $RegEx) {
		return $true
	} else {
		return $false
	}
}

try {
	if ($MAC -eq "" ) {
		$MAC = read-host "Enter MAC address to validate"
	}
	if (IsMACAddressValid $MAC) {
		"✔️ MAC address $MAC is valid"
		exit 0 # success
	} else {
		write-warning "Invalid MAC address: $MAC"
		exit 1
	}
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}
```

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