Update some check-*.ps1 scripts

Scripts/check-apps.ps1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .SYNOPSIS
 	Query app details
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script queries application details and list it.
+	This PowerShell script queries application details and lists it.
 .EXAMPLE
 	PS> ./check-apps
 .LINK
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ try {
 	if ($IsLinux) {
 		# TODO
 	} else {
-		Write-Progress "⏳ Querying installed apps..."
+		Write-Progress "⏳ Querying installed applications..."
 		$Apps = Get-AppxPackage
 		[int]$NumInstalled = $Apps.Count
 		[int]$NumNonOk = 0
 		foreach($App in $Apps) { if ($App.Status -ne "Ok") { $NumNonOk++ } }
 
-		Write-Progress "⏳ Querying available updates..."
+		Write-Progress "⏳ Querying application updates..."
 		$NumUpdates = (winget upgrade --include-unknown).Count - 5
 
 		[int]$NumErrors = (Get-AppxLastError)
 		Write-Host "✅ $NumInstalled apps ($NumNonOk non-ok, $NumErrors errors, $NumUpdates updates available)"
-		Write-Progress -Completed " "
+		Write-Progress -Completed "Querying application updates finished."
 	}
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {

Scripts/check-bios.ps1

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <#
 .SYNOPSIS
-	Checks BIOS details
+	Checks the BIOS
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script queries and prints BIOS details.
+	This PowerShell script queries the BIOS status and prints it.
 .EXAMPLE
 	PS> ./check-bios
 	✅ F6 BIOS by American Megatrends Inc. (S/N NXA82EV0EBB0760, version ALASKA - 1072009)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #>
 
 try {
-	Write-Progress "Querying BIOS details..."
+	Write-Progress "⏳ Querying BIOS details..."
 	if ($IsLinux) {
 		$Model = (sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name)
 		if ("$Model" -ne "") {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try {
 		$Version = $BIOS.Version.Trim()
 		Write-Host "✅ $Model BIOS by $Manufacturer (S/N $Serial, version $Version)"
 	}
-	Write-Progress -Completed " "
+	Write-Progress -completed "BIOS query finished."
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/check-cpu.ps1

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ try {
 	}
 	$Cores = [System.Environment]::ProcessorCount
 	Write-Host "$Status $CPUName ($Cores cores, $($DeviceID)$($Speed)$($Socket)$Temp)"
-	Write-Progress -Completed " "
+	Write-Progress -completed "Querying CPU details finished."
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/check-dns.ps1

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ try {
 	} else {  
 		Write-Host "⚠️ DNS resolution is $Average domains per second only!"
 	}
-	Write-Progress -Completed " "
+	Write-Progress -completed "DNS checked."
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/check-firewall.ps1

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <#
 .SYNOPSIS
-	Check the firewall
+	Checks the firewall
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script queries and prints firewall details.
+	This PowerShell script queries the status of the firewall and prints it.
 .EXAMPLE
 	PS> ./check-firewall
 	✅ Firewall enabled
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ try {
 			Write-Host "⚠️ Firewall disabled"
 		}
 	}
-
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/check-pending-reboot.ps1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .SYNOPSIS
 	Check for pending reboots
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script checks different registry keys and values to determine if a reboot is pending.
+	This PowerShell script queries pending reboots and prints it.
 .EXAMPLE
 	./check-pending-reboot.ps1
 .LINK

Scripts/check-ping.ps1

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 param([string]$hosts = "amazon.com,bing.com,cnn.com,dropbox.com,facebook.com,google.com,live.com,twitter.com,youtube.com")
 
 try {
-	Write-Progress "⏳ Pinging $hosts..."
+	Write-Progress "⏳ Pinging hosts in parallel..."
 	$HostsArray = $hosts.Split(",")
 	$Pings = Test-Connection -computerName $HostsArray -count 1
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ try {
 	$Avg /= $Pings.count
 
 	Write-Host "✅ Ping latency is $($Min)ms...$($Max)ms, $($Avg)ms average"
-	Write-Progress -Completed " " 
+	Write-Progress -Completed "Ping finished." 
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/check-powershell.ps1

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <#
 .SYNOPSIS
-	Query PowerShell details
+	Check the PowerShell
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script queries and lists details of PowerShell.
+	This PowerShell script queries PowerShell details and lists it.
 .EXAMPLE
 	PS> ./check-powershell
 .LINK
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ try {
 	$NumModules = (Get-Module).Count
 	$NumAliases = (Get-Alias).Count
 	if ($IsLinux) {
-		"✅ PowerShell $Version ($Edition edition, $NumModules modules, $NumAliases aliases)"
+		$Reply = "✅ PowerShell $Version ($Edition edition, $NumModules modules, $NumAliases aliases)"
 	} else {
 		$NumCmdlets = (Get-Command -Command-Type cmdlet).Count
-		"✅ PowerShell $Version ($Edition edition, $NumModules modules, $NumCmdlets cmdlets, $NumAliases aliases)"
+		$Reply = "✅ PowerShell $Version ($Edition edition, $NumModules modules, $NumCmdlets cmdlets, $NumAliases aliases)"
 	}
+	Write-Host $Reply
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/check-swap-space.ps1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .SYNOPSIS
 	Checks the swap space
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script checks the free swap space.
+	This PowerShell script queries the status of the swap space and prints it.
 .PARAMETER MinLevel
 	Specifies the minimum level (10 GB by default)
 .EXAMPLE
@@ -44,18 +44,19 @@ try {
 		} 
 	}
 	if ($Total -eq 0) {
-        	Write-Host "⚠️ No swap space configured!"
+        	$Reply = "⚠️ No swap space configured!"
 	} elseif ($Free -eq 0) {
-		Write-Host "⚠️ Swap space of $(MB2String $Total) is full!"
+		$Reply = "⚠️ Swap space of $(MB2String $Total) is full!"
 	} elseif ($Free -lt $MinLevel) {
-		Write-Host "⚠️ Swap space of $(MB2String $Total) is nearly full ($(MB2String $Free) free)!"
+		$Reply = "⚠️ Swap space of $(MB2String $Total) is nearly full ($(MB2String $Free) free)!"
 	} elseif ($Used -eq 0) {
-		Write-Host "✅ Swap space with $(MB2String $Total) reserved"
+		$Reply = "✅ Swap space with $(MB2String $Total) reserved"
 	} elseif ($Used -lt $Free) {
-		Write-Host "✅ Swap space uses $(MB2String $Used) of $(MB2String $Total)"
+		$Reply = "✅ Swap space uses $(MB2String $Used) of $(MB2String $Total)"
 	} else {
-		Write-Host "✅ Swap space has $(MB2String $Free) of $(MB2String $Total) free"
+		$Reply = "✅ Swap space has $(MB2String $Free) of $(MB2String $Total) free"
 	}
+	Write-Host $Reply
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/check-uptime.ps1

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ try {
 		$BootTime = Get-WinEvent -ProviderName eventlog | Where-Object {$_.Id -eq 6005} | Select-Object TimeCreated -First 1 
 		$Uptime = New-TimeSpan -Start $BootTime.TimeCreated.Date -End (Get-Date)
 	}
-	$Reply = "Up for "
+	$Reply = "✅ Up for "
 	$Days = $Uptime.Days
 	if ($Days -eq "1") {
 		$Reply += "1 day, "
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ try {
 	} else {
 		$Reply += "$Minutes minutes"
 	}
-	Write-Host "✅ $Reply."
+	Write-Host $Reply
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

Scripts/check-vpn.ps1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .SYNOPSIS
 	Checks the VPN connection
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script queries and prints the status of any VPN connection.
+	This PowerShell script queries status of the VPN connections and prints it.
 .EXAMPLE
 	PS> ./check-vpn
 .LINK
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ try {
 			$NoVPN = $false
 		}
 	}
-	if ($NoVPN) { "⚠️ No VPN connection" }
+	if ($NoVPN) { Write-Host "⚠️ No VPN connection" }
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"