Indenting Format-Table output in PowerShell scripts

Question

How can I indent output from the Format-Table cmdlet to a specific column?

I have:

> $SomeValues | Format-Table -HideTableHeaders
A    1
B    2
C    3

But I'd like:

    A    1
    B    2
    C    3

Answer 1

Thanks everyone for your answers. They helped me figure out how to do what I wanted using calculated properties. The Expression must be one less than the amount of indent, due to the automatic single character space between columns in the table.

If you're using the -AutoSize flag:

Write-Host "Not indented"
Write-Host "    Indented"
$a = @{ Aa = 1; Bbb = 2; Cccc = 300}
$a | Format-Table -Property @{Expression="   "},Name,Value -AutoSize -HideTableHeaders

If you're not using the -AutoSize flag:

Write-Host "Not indented"
Write-Host "    Indented"
$a = @{ Aa = 1; Bbb = 2; Cccc = 300}
$a | Format-Table -Property @{Expression={}; Width=3},Name,Value -HideTableHeaders

The output looks like:

Not indented
    Indented

    Bbb      2
    Aa       1
    Cccc   300