Converting an old Batch command to Powershell

Question

_{Monday, July 13, 2020 2:40 PM}

Hi there,

This is kind of a 2 part question, so I'll start with the first one. Is there a way to convert this Batch command to Powershell?

set /P "ClientNo=Enter Client Number:"

echo C:\Data\Hosted\Company%ClientNo%\Profiles\

igrant.exe -r -f -usepriv mydomain\Admin:Full C:\Data\Hosted\Company%ClientNo%\Profiles\

pause

Thank you

All replies (4)

_{Monday, July 13, 2020 3:20 PM | 2 votes}

Start by learning Powershell. Here is a good reference.

https://www.sapien.com/books_training/Windows-PowerShell-4

Your simple bat file consists of:

• Prompt user for input, assign to variable.
• Write output to console
• Run a proram that uses a variable as an argument
• Prompt user to hit enter.

Use Get-Help to see documentation on commands.

Get-Help Read-Host
Get-Help Write-Host
Get-Help about_variables    

$ClientNo = Read-Host "Enter Client Number:"
Write-Host "C:\Data\Hosted\Company$ClientNo\Profiles\"
igrant.exe -r -f -usepriv mydomain\Admin:Full C:\Data\Hosted\Company$ClientNo\Profiles\
read-host "Press enter to continue."

_{Monday, July 13, 2020 6:41 PM}

Answer to part 1: yes.

Rich Matheisen MCSE&I, Exchange Ex-MVP (16 years)

_{Monday, July 13, 2020 7:47 PM}

I like this.  It is like a symphony in two movements that has only one.  By implication then part 2 is in a superposition of states.

\(ツ)_/

_{Monday, July 13, 2020 10:33 PM}

With apologies to yg001... there is a definite trend on these forums and I'm certain that the part 2 question will be: "I'm running this as a scheduled task and it doesn't work, what's wrong?".