Update check-xml-file.ps1 and check-xml-files.ps1

Author: Markus Fleschutz

scripts/check-xml-file.ps1

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <#
 .SYNOPSIS
-	Verifies the given XML file
+	Verifies an XML file
 .DESCRIPTION
 	This PowerShell script checks the given XML file for validity.
 .PARAMETER path
-	Specifies the path to the XML file to check
+	Specifies the path to the XML file
 .EXAMPLE
 	PS> ./check-xml-file.ps1 myfile.xml
-	✔️ Valid XML in 'myfile.xml'
+	✔️ Valid XML in 📄myfile.xml
 .LINK
 	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
 .NOTES
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ try {
 	while ($Reader.Read()) { }
 	$Reader.Close()
 
-	if ($script:ErrorCount -gt 0) {
-		throw "Invalid XML in '$path'"
-	} 
+	if ($script:ErrorCount -gt 0) {	throw "Invalid XML" } 
 
-	"✔️ Valid XML in '$path'"
+	"✔️ Valid XML in 📄$path"
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
-	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	"⚠️ $($Error[0]) in 📄$path"
 	exit 1
 }

scripts/check-xml-files.ps1

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <#
 .SYNOPSIS
-	Checks XML files in a directory tree
+	Checks all XML files in a directory tree
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script verifies each XML file in the given directory tree for validity.
+	This PowerShell script verifies each XML file (with suffix .xml) in the given directory tree for validity.
 .PARAMETER path
 	Specifies the path to the directory tree (current working dir by default)
 .EXAMPLE
 	PS> ./check-xml-files.ps1 C:\Windows
 	...
-	✔️ Checked 3607 XML files within C:\Windows in 174 sec
+	✔️ Checked 3387 XML files within 📂C:\Windows in 174 sec
 .LINK
 	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
 .NOTES
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ try {
 	$stopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew()
 
 	$path = Resolve-Path "$path"
- 	[int]$count = 0
+ 	[int]$numXmlFiles = 0
 
-	Write-Progress "Checking all *.xml files under $path..."
-	Get-ChildItem -path "$path" -attributes !Directory -recurse -force | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "*.xml*" } | Foreach-Object {
+	Write-Progress "Scanning all XML files within $path..."
+	Get-ChildItem -path "$path" -attributes !Directory -recurse -force | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "*.xml" } | Foreach-Object {
 		& $PSScriptRoot/check-xml-file.ps1 "$($_.FullName)"
-                $count++
+                $numXmlFiles++
         }
 	Write-Progress -completed "Done."
 
         [int]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds
-        "✔️ Checked $count XML files within $path in $elapsed sec"
+        "✔️ Checked $numXmlFiles XML files within 📂$path in $elapsed sec"
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
 	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"