<# .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 }