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I purchased your book as I am a newbie to powershell. I downloaded the get-parameter script, but can’t get it to run on the PowerCLI. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. I do have some other simple scripts that run, so I”m not sure what is wrong.
Once you have the function in a script, you have to “dot-source” it. Dot sourcing is explained here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/manual/run.mspx#EMBAC. Then, the function is available to be executed like so:
get-parameter get-childitem
And don’t forget my gpm function which is equal to:
Get-Parameter [cmdlet or alias] | ft name,type,is*,pipe* -GroupBy parameterset -AutoSize
I ended up putting this at the bottom of the script
Get-Parameter [cmdlet or alias] | ft name,type,is*,pipe* -GroupBy parameterset -AutoSize
gpm ( $args[0] )
I run this from command line. I coulnd not seem to be able define it in such a way to be available in the shell.
Get-Paramter get-eventlog
gives the output like the book.
Thanks for your help. I’m finding the book to be most helpful.
My needs are mostly reporting and monitoring, but I the rest of it will be helpful also.
Put this line at the bottom of the get-parameter script.
function gpm ($command) { Get-Parameter $command | ft name,type,is*,pipe* -GroupBy parameterset -AutoSize }