#Function to get outdated app list, in formatted array function Get-WingetOutdatedApps { class Software { [string]$Name [string]$Id [string]$Version [string]$AvailableVersion } #Get list of available upgrades on winget format Write-Log "Checking application updates on Winget Repository..." "yellow" $upgradeResult = & $Winget upgrade --source winget | Out-String #Start Convertion of winget format to an array. Check if "-----" exists if (!($upgradeResult -match "-----")) { return } #Split winget output to lines $lines = $upgradeResult.Split([Environment]::NewLine) | Where-Object { $_ } # Find the line that starts with "------" $fl = 0 while (-not $lines[$fl].StartsWith("-----")) { $fl++ } #Get header line $fl = $fl - 1 #Get header titles $index = $lines[$fl] -split '\s+' # Line $fl has the header, we can find char where we find ID and Version $idStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf($index[1]) $versionStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf($index[2]) $availableStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf($index[3]) # Now cycle in real package and split accordingly $upgradeList = @() For ($i = $fl + 2; $i -lt $lines.Length -1; $i++) { $line = $lines[$i] if ($line) { $software = [Software]::new() $software.Name = $line.Substring(0, $idStart).TrimEnd() $software.Id = $line.Substring($idStart, $versionStart - $idStart).TrimEnd() $software.Version = $line.Substring($versionStart, $availableStart - $versionStart).TrimEnd() $software.AvailableVersion = $line.Substring($availableStart).TrimEnd() #add formated soft to list $upgradeList += $software } } return $upgradeList }