asked on 6/1/2021

Powershell not acting normally

Suddenly, when using Powershell ISE, with a script in the script pane, when I click on the Run Script icon in the toolbar OR press F5, instead of the script running as usual, the Console output simply repeats the path and filename and stops with a new prompt.

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hypercube

6/1/2021

David Johnson, CD

6/1/2021

does the script start with
functrion blah {
and end with a }

If you run this then the function is loaded into memory but not executed until you type blah from the command prompt or from after the }

i.e.

function do-something { 
write-host "This does something
}

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If I run this I will get not output until I execute
do-something
i.e.

function do-something { 
write-host "This does something
}
do-something

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footech

6/1/2021

That sounds like normal behavior when the current tab is saved to a file. Pressing F5 is just like entering the full path to the file for it to be run. There won't be any other output unless the script itself produces output.

If the script is supposed to, but is not, then I would suggest closing and relaunching the ISE.

hypercube

6/1/2021

ASKER

Than you!
Well, this isn't *new* code and I've been editing it for a while now. This behavior just showed up.
So, it may well be some code change that was put in.
Normally, the script yields results in the console and writes to a log. So having nothing to do shouldn't be the issue.
I don't get: "when the current tab is saved to a file". That's never stopped execution on demand before....

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hypercube

6/1/2021

ASKER

Thank you both!!