Running commands from a PowerShell script

Question

_{Monday, June 12, 2017 4:08 PM}

I need to launch a small number of (DOS-like) commands from my .ps1 script

The commands look like:

change user /install

c:\folder1\setup.exe

change user /execute

I created a simple .cmd file but i am unable to understand the right syntax to invoke it from my .ps1 file.

Can anybody please help?

Can I invoke instead each single command from my .ps1 script?

Regards

Mario

All replies (6)

_{Monday, June 12, 2017 4:20 PM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

To invoke commands just put a ".\ before the file name 

.\filename.BAT

_{Tuesday, June 13, 2017 6:31 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

Hi Mario,

did you mean this?

Invoke-Command -ComputerName (Get-Content Servers.txt) -FilePath C:\Scripts\Sample.ps1 -ArgumentList change user /execute, change user /install

Best regards,

Andy

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_{Tuesday, June 13, 2017 9:24 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

change user /install

c:\folder1\setup.exe

change user /execute

Can I invoke instead each single command from my .ps1 script?

The commands are part of PowerSHell and Windows: just type them at a prompt or add them to a ps1 file.

You can type this for any command to see if it is available in PowerShell

Get-Command change

All EXE files are available to PowerShell or in a PowerShell script.

\(ツ)_/

_{Monday, June 12, 2017 4:19 PM}

In PowerShell just type

c:\path\file.cmd

Have you even tried anything?

\(ツ)_/

_{Thursday, June 15, 2017 2:16 AM | 1 vote}

Hi Mario

did you have any updates for this issue?

Best regards,

Andy

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_{Friday, June 16, 2017 2:49 PM}

First of all, many thanks tio everybody.

I think I solved the problem by using a syntax like:

cmd /c 'change user /install'

cmd /c 'c:\folder1\setup.exe'

cmd /c 'change user /execute'

The only problem I see, at the moment, is that the result of the commands look to dirthy the Return code of the script block containing the code.

But it's a problem I need to investigate.

Many thanks, by now

marius