This script, MainScript.ps1, demonstrates how to use dot sourcing in PowerShell to call a function from another script (ChildScript.ps1) and use its output for decision-making: Setting the Path to the Child Script: The variable $childScriptPath is assigned the relative path to ChildScript.ps...
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When a script is called directly, like ./Test.ps1, or with the call operator (&) like & ./Test.ps1: The value of $LASTEXITCODE isn't changed unless: The script calls another script that uses the exit keyword The script calls a native command The script uses the exit keyword When a...
You can add the functions to a script module, put that module in a location defined in the $env:PSModulePath, and call the functions without needing to locate where you saved the functions. Using the PowerShellGet module, it's easy to share your PowerShell modules in a NuGet repository...
$a = { Get-Service BITS } Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $a Output Copy Status Name DisplayName --- --- --- Running BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Ser... The call operator is another way to execute script blocks stored in a variable. Like Invoke-Command, the call operator execut...
This allows the cmdlet to call the ShouldProcess method before performing its action. If the ShouldProcess call returns false, the action will not be taken. (For more information about the confirmation requests generated by ShouldProcess call, see the MSDN® documentation at msdn2.microsoft.com...
executable. Files that have spaces in their path must be enclosed in quotes. If you try to execute the quoted path, PowerShell displays the contents of the quoted string instead of running the script. The call operator allows you to execute the contents of the string containing the filename...
I now halt execution of the script until the newly created instance of Internet Explorer goes away. After it goes away, I call theRemove-Itemcmdlet, and I delete the temporary HTML file, as shown here: Wait-Process -Id $iepid.ProcessId ...
However, at first, it may not be so obvious how to actually call thehelpcommand in PowerShell and this short post can help you with this. No comments yet Thetimecommand in Linux and Unix-like operating systems is used to determine how long a specific command or script will take to run...
ForEach-Object then executes my WMI command, which has another ForEach-Object call.Expanding those alias names into cmdlet names may help. So here is the same command, but this time I've spelled out the cmdlets and broken the command apart into individual lines so that you are able to ex...