I am trying to execute powershell if-else from cmd. For example to check the number of files, that has "temp" in its name in D: drive,I used,
if(($i=ls D:\* | findstr /sinc:Temp).count -ne 0 ) {Write-Host $i}
This works fine from PS windows
But if want to do the same from cmd, How do i do it? I tried
powershell -noexit if(($i=ls D:\* | findstr /sinc:Temp).count -ne 0 ) {Write-Host $i}
which did not work unfortunately.
Just put the command in double quotes:
powershell "if(($i=ls D:\* | findstr /sinc:Temp).count -ne 0 ) {Write-Host $i}"
I also think you don't need the -NoExit switch here. This switch prevents powershell from exiting after running the command. If you want to return back to cmd, remove this switch.
I know this doesn't answer how to run the command(others have covered it already), but why would you want to combine cmd and powershell, when both can do the job alone?
Ex powershell:
#Get all files on D: drive with temp in FILEname(doesn't check if a foldername was temp)
Get-ChildItem D:\ -Recurse -Filter *temp* | where { !$_.PSIsContainer } | foreach { $_.fullname }
#Check if fullpath includes "temp" (if folder in path includes temp, all files beneath are shown)
Get-ChildItem D:\ -Recurse | where { !$_.PSIsContainer -and $_.FullName -like "*temp*" } | foreach { $_.fullname }
Ex cmd:
#Get all files with "temp" in filename
dir d:\*temp* /s /a:-d /b
Just another solution for you problem without using powershell:
dir /b D:\*Temp* | find /v /c "::"
This will print just the number of files or folders on D: that have "Temp" in their names. The double-colon here is just a string that should not be in the output of dir /b, so find /v /c "::" counts all lines of the output of dir /b.
@utapyngo's double quote solution works.
Also another way for @utapyngo's another way to make it in cmd:
dir /b D:\* | find /c "*Temp*"
And to Bill: there should not be a opening double quote before & in your first code, I guess?
powershell -noexit "& "C:\........\run_script.ps1"
see these -- http://poshoholic.com/2007/09/27/invoking-a-powershell-script-from-cmdexe-or-start-run/
http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2006/05/05/running-powershell-scripts-from-cmd-exe/
or for V2
Powershell.exe -File C:\.........\run_script.ps1
