<# .SYNTAX write-vertical.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION writes the given text in vertical direction .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($Text = "") if ($Text -eq "" ) { $Text = read-host "Enter the text to write" } try { [char[]]$TextArray = $Text foreach($Char in $TextArray) { write-output $Char } exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }