# Clear-BlugenieMemory



### Clear-BlugenieMemory <a href="#clear-blugeniememory" id="clear-blugeniememory"></a>

### SYNOPSIS <a href="#synopsis" id="synopsis"></a>

Garbage Collection in Powershell to Speed up Scripts and help lower memory consumption

### SYNTAX <a href="#syntax" id="syntax"></a>

```
Clear-BlugenieMemory [-All] [[-SleepTimer] <Int32>] [[-LoopCount] <Int32>] [-Walkthrough] [-ReturnObject] [-OutUnEscapedJSON] [[-FormatView] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

### DESCRIPTION <a href="#description" id="description"></a>

Garbage Collection in Powershell to Speed up Scripts and help lower memory consumption.

### EXAMPLES <a href="#examples" id="examples"></a>

#### EXAMPLE 1 <a href="#example-1" id="example-1"></a>

```
Command: Clear-BlugenieMemory
```

```
Description: Remove any garbage collected in memory
Notes:
```

#### EXAMPLE 2 <a href="#example-2" id="example-2"></a>

```
Command: 1..4 | ForEach-Object -Process { Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Windows -Recurse }; CM
```

```
Description: Run Get-ChildItem 5 times to start adding artifacts to memory, then remove any garbage collected in memory using the ( CM ) alias.
Notes:
```

#### EXAMPLE 3 <a href="#example-3" id="example-3"></a>

```
Command: Clear-BlugenieMemory -Help
```

```
Description: Call Help Information
Notes: If Help / WalkThrough is setup as a parameter, this script will be called to setup the Dynamic Help Menu if not the normal Get-Help will be called with the -Full parameter
```

#### EXAMPLE 4 <a href="#example-4" id="example-4"></a>

```
Command: Clear-BlugenieMemory -WalkThrough
```

```
Description: Call Help Information [2]
Notes: If Help / WalkThrough is setup as a parameter, this script will be called to setup the Dynamic Help Menu if not the normal Get-Help will be called with the -Full parameter
```

#### EXAMPLE 5 <a href="#example-5" id="example-5"></a>

```
Command: Clear-BlugenieMemory -OutUnEscapedJSON
```

```
Description: <command_here> and Return Output as UnEscaped JSON format
Notes:  The OutUnEscapedJSON is used to beatify the JSON return and not Escape any Characters.  Normal return data is a Hash Table.
```

#### EXAMPLE 6 <a href="#example-6" id="example-6"></a>

```
Command: Clear-BlugenieMemory -ReturnObject
```

```
Description: <command_here> and Return Output an Object
Notes:  The ReturnObject is used to return a PowerShell Object.  Normal return data is a Hash Table.
```

### PARAMETERS <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

#### All <a href="#all" id="all"></a>

```
-All [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description:  Clear the Console Screen, and any variables that might be holding a lot of data
   Notes: Variables that are cleared of data are ($StackTrace, Error)
   Alias: Help
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### SleepTimer <a href="#sleeptimer" id="sleeptimer"></a>

```
-SleepTimer <Int32>
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    1
   Default value                1
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### LoopCount <a href="#loopcount" id="loopcount"></a>

```
-LoopCount <Int32>
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    2
   Default value                1
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### Walkthrough <a href="#walkthrough" id="walkthrough"></a>

```
-Walkthrough [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description:  Start the dynamic help menu system to help walk through the current command and all of the parameters
   Notes:  
   Alias: Help
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### ReturnObject <a href="#returnobject" id="returnobject"></a>

```
-ReturnObject [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Return information as an Object
   Notes: By default the data is returned as a Hash Table
   Alias: 
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                True
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### OutUnEscapedJSON <a href="#outunescapedjson" id="outunescapedjson"></a>

```
-OutUnEscapedJSON [<SwitchParameter>]
   Description: Remove UnEsacped Char from the JSON information.
   Notes: This will beautify json and clean up the formatting.
   Alias: 
   ValidateSet:
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    named
   Default value                False
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### FormatView <a href="#formatview" id="formatview"></a>

```
-FormatView <String>
   
   Required?                    false
   Position?                    3
   Default value                None
   Accept pipeline input?       false
   Accept wildcard characters?  false
```

#### CommonParameters <a href="#commonparameters" id="commonparameters"></a>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about\_CommonParameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).


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