From b38f2b6cefbd23740ca11fd204bb64abfd2c222a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Hartl <pat@pathar.tl>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 18:32:43 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Allow padding of strings by setting a MinLength when
 converting to bytes

---
 LANCommander.PowerShell/Cmdlets/ConvertTo-StringBytes.cs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/LANCommander.PowerShell/Cmdlets/ConvertTo-StringBytes.cs b/LANCommander.PowerShell/Cmdlets/ConvertTo-StringBytes.cs
index dced3b9..72cb014 100644
--- a/LANCommander.PowerShell/Cmdlets/ConvertTo-StringBytes.cs
+++ b/LANCommander.PowerShell/Cmdlets/ConvertTo-StringBytes.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ namespace LANCommander.PowerShell.Cmdlets
         [Parameter]
         public int MaxLength { get; set; } = 0;
 
+        [Parameter]
+        public int MinLength { get; set; } = 0;
+
         protected override void ProcessRecord()
         {
             byte[] output;
@@ -27,6 +30,11 @@ namespace LANCommander.PowerShell.Cmdlets
             if (MaxLength > 0 && Input.Length > MaxLength)
                 Input = Input.Substring(0, MaxLength);
 
+            if (MinLength > 0 && MinLength < MaxLength)
+                Input = Input.PadRight(MinLength, '\0');
+            else if (MinLength > 0)
+                Input = Input.PadRight(MaxLength, '\0');
+
             if (Utf16 && BigEndian)
                 output = System.Text.Encoding.BigEndianUnicode.GetBytes(Input);
             else if (Utf16)