<# .SYNTAX set-timer.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION sets a timer for a countdown .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param([int]$Seconds = 0) if ($Seconds -eq 0 ) { [int]$Seconds = read-host "Enter number of seconds" } try { for ($i = $Seconds; $i -gt 0; $i--) { clear-host ./write-big "T-$i seconds" start-sleep -s 1 } write-host -foregroundColor green "Done - $Seconds seconds countdown finished" exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }