Questions tagged [powershell]
PowerShell is a cross-platform command line and scripting utility from Microsoft. Use this tag for questions about writing and executing PowerShell scripts ONLY. Programming questions specific to the cross-platform version PowerShell Core (Windows, macOS, and Linux) should be tagged [powershell-core]. Questions about system administration should be asked on Super User or Server Fault.
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Yarn PM not working in Windows when the User folder(UserProfile env var) has space in folder name or path
As stated in title, the Yarn PM(package manager), that I just installed in my system(Windows 11 64Bit) doesn't work if there's space(s) in my UserProfile folder path.
My User folder name is "...
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Is there a way to checkout latest version of origin branch without warnings
I wrote a powershell script to obtain git submodule and set his branch. It will run from pipeline and branch name will be passed from launch form input.
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[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
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az cosmosdb update --ip-range-filter parameter either from file or powershell pipe
The az cosmosdb update command that I am using has exceeded length of 8192 characters so I am receiving "The command line is too long." error, the command itself looks following:
az cosmosdb ...
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Failed to update help in windows powershell
I am an absolute beginner to Command Line Interface and noticed this when trying to update the help (I'm following Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous, which I suppose is for Linux and I am ...
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Place every item from a text file into an array but detect headers/titles
I have text files that contain
Firstname: xxx
Lastname: yyy
Login: abcd
It has many others entries for other definitions but all in the same format header: data
I would like to use an array in ...
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Powershell : Cannot convert the "java" value of type "System.String" to type "System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock"
I have a powershell script which converts the String and String[] into a BlockScript. It was working until now but it starts to fail suddenly after some windows upgrade.
function Invoke-...
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How to make PowerShell `Select-String` aka `sls` output exact match(es) only?
In a PowerShell script, I would like to check if a branch exists locally already, which I'm currently doing as $existsInLocal = (git branch | sls $branch) -ne $null, but that's incorrect because sls $...
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ps1 file wont run unless I change the encoding or add any character into the script
This is a weird issue, the scripts are coming from Intune deployed from patch my PC. On some devices when i try run these scripts they just hang and eventually timeout. If i convert the file to UTF-8-...
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PowerShell StandardOutput Redirect Issue
I am trying to use ghostscript to get the number of pages in a PDF. I am getting this error:
Select-Object : Exception getting "StandardOutput": "StandardOut has not been redirected or ...
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How do I write a powershell function to send a warning if files don't exist?
I am new to powershell scripting and I am trying to create a function that sends a warning to my email if a list of files do not exist in my C: drive folder. The list of files I am looking for are:
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401 (Unauthorized) Request Id when calling Get-DataGatewayCluster with a service principal
Currently trying to use a service principal in order to check power BI connection status
Connect-DataGatewayServiceAccount -ApplicationId $xx -ClientSecret $xx -Tenant "xx"
$scopeLevel = &...
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Powershell - format info to csv
Trying to query non-windows native program (dell racadm) info and format string into csv file with other info. Everything works until I get to the iDracIP and it returns blank in the csv file. I ...
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How to pass docker commands through Powershell
Everyday i have to restart docker containers everyday. Don't ask. So i want to make Powershell script that connects through SSH to server with docker and then restarts all containers. So right now my ...
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Winget ls shortening ids
I'm not sure if this is a winget question or a PowerShell question. Basically, winget ls output is too wide for the shell window, so it cuts off the column with ellipses. I tried ooutputing to a file ...
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Powershell if function calling another function
I have 2 functions when I call the second function from the first one, always returns true doesn't matter if the second function has false return:
function IsPodRunning($podName) {
Write-Output &...
