Powershell, output xml to screen

I couldn't get the Community Extensions to work and I don't really want to have to install something extra anyway. I have found another approach on a Microsoft blog -

function WriteXmlToScreen ([xml]$xml){    $StringWriter = New-Object System.IO.StringWriter;    $XmlWriter = New-Object System.Xml.XmlTextWriter $StringWriter;    $XmlWriter.Formatting = "indented";    $xml.WriteTo($XmlWriter);    $XmlWriter.Flush();    $StringWriter.Flush();    Write-Output $StringWriter.ToString();}$xml = [xml]'<root><so><user name="john">thats me</user><user name="jane">do you like her?</user></so></root>'WriteXmlToScreen $xml

The only way I know is using System.Xml properties like outerxml or innerxml. These properties should have code already indented as long as the source was.

Look at PSCX module. You will find Format-Xml cmdlet that does exactly that.

Example:

Import-Module pscx$xml = [xml]'<root><so><user name="john">thats me</user><user name="jane">do you like her?</user></so></root>'Format-Xml -InputObject $xml

will produce:

<root>  <so>    <user name="john">thats me</user>    <user name="jane">do you like her?</user>  </so></root>

For more info look at help format-xml -full