PowerShell - I can't get "get-help" to work within a script
At the PowerShell command prompt, "get-help get-WindowsFeature", it works. I can see the output.
But when I place that same command in a PowerShell script, I get an error.
Does the get-help command need an absolute path when run from within a script?
I'm using Windows Server 2012 R2.
Please see attached.
Thanks
problem.pdf
But when I place that same command in a PowerShell script, I get an error.
Does the get-help command need an absolute path when run from within a script?
I'm using Windows Server 2012 R2.
Please see attached.
Thanks
problem.pdf
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For future reference:
1. get-command | select object-name > PSCommands.txt
2. write-output " " > manual.txt # empty the "manual" file for this iteration
3. $commands = Get-Content PSCommands.txt # Load the $commands variable with the contents of PSCommands.txt, i.e. the list of all the PowerShell commandlets that are available with this particular installation / configuration of Windows Server 2012
4. # Here is the loop:
foreach ($i in $commands) {
write-output "Working on $i" # Progress indicator - this will take a few minutes to complete
write-output ">>>>>> $i <<<<<" >> manual.txt # So I can quickly navigate to the command afterwards, I'll label the beginning of each command
get-help $i.Trim() -Full >> manual.txt # This is the heart of it - use get-help (with "Trim" to remove the white space)
# for each commandlet, and append it to manual.txt
}
1. get-command | select object-name > PSCommands.txt
2. write-output " " > manual.txt # empty the "manual" file for this iteration
3. $commands = Get-Content PSCommands.txt # Load the $commands variable with the contents of PSCommands.txt, i.e. the list of all the PowerShell commandlets that are available with this particular installation / configuration of Windows Server 2012
4. # Here is the loop:
foreach ($i in $commands) {
write-output "Working on $i" # Progress indicator - this will take a few minutes to complete
write-output ">>>>>> $i <<<<<" >> manual.txt # So I can quickly navigate to the command afterwards, I'll label the beginning of each command
get-help $i.Trim() -Full >> manual.txt # This is the heart of it - use get-help (with "Trim" to remove the white space)
# for each commandlet, and append it to manual.txt
}
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