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Need some help in modifying Powershell script to go through event logs on multiple computers

Hi All,

Can anyone please assist me to modify the below script to accommodate multiple input of servers for specific criteria of Event logged ?

Param (
    [string[]]$listOfServers,
    [string]$discoverDC,
    [string]$eventLogName,
    [string]$stringToSearchFor,
    [bool]$table,
    [bool]$list
)

If ($discoverDC.ToUpper() -eq "LOCALDOMAIN") {
    $listOfServers = ([system.directoryservices.activedirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()).DomainControllers | ?{$_.IPAddress –ne $null} | %{$_.Name}
}
If ($discoverDC.ToUpper() -eq "LOCALSITE") {
    $adSiteLocalComputer = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySite]::GetComputerSite().Name    
    $listOfServers = ([system.directoryservices.activedirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()).DomainControllers | ?{$_.IPAddress –ne $null -And $_.SiteName -eq $adSiteLocalComputer} | %{$_.Name}
}

$relatedEvents = @()
$listOfServers | %{
    $relatedEventsOnServer = Get-WinEvent -ComputerName $($_) -LogName $eventLogName | ?{ $_.Message -match $stringToSearchFor}
    $relatedEvents += $relatedEventsOnServer
}

If ($table) {
    $relatedEvents | FT Id, MachineName, LogName, TimeCreated, Message -AutoSize
} Else {
    $relatedEvents | FL Id, MachineName, LogName, TimeCreated, Message
}

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because when I saved the file from above code into:

Search-EventLog-For-String.ps1 -listOfServers (Get-AdDomain | Get-AdDomainController) -eventLogName Security -stringToSearchFor "DOMAIN\Administrator" -table $true

it is failed.

Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for the correction.