SharePoint 2013: Creating a Publishing Page and assigning a page layout using PowerShell

The following PowerShell can be used to create a publishing page and assign a page layout.

#Get SPWeb
$spWeb = Get-SPWeb(“Site URL”);
#Get Publishing Web
$pubWeb = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingWeb]::GetPublishingWeb($spWeb)
#Finds the appropriate page layout
$pl = $pubWeb.GetAvailablePageLayouts() | Where { $_.Name -eq “Page Layout Name”}
$pages = $pubWeb.GetPublishingPages();
#Create the page;
$page = $pages.Add(“Page Name”, $pl)
#Check in Page
$page.CheckIn(“Created by PowerShell”);
#Dispose of SPWeb
$spWeb.Dispose();