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rismoney
rismoney

Reputation: 531

Call powershell.exe from CMD and exit code boolean

I want to run a PowerShell command (not script) from a cmd.exe and manage the exit code properly:

powershell.exe [bool]((get-service wsearch).status -eq 'Running')

But I would like to return the boolean status as the error level.

I would like to echo %errorlevel% after running it and use it to determine service status.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2077

Answers (2)

walid2mi
walid2mi

Reputation: 2888

You can also use this variant:

CMD I> Set cmd=powershell -c "((gsv wsearch -ea 0).status -eq 'Running')"
CMD I> %cmd% |>nul find "True" && echo RUNNING||echo NOT RUNNING
RUNNING

CMD I> Set cmd=powershell -c "((gsv youka -ea 0).status -eq 'Running')"
CMD I> %cmd% |>nul find "True" && echo RUNNING||echo NOT RUNNING
NOT RUNNING

Upvotes: 0

zdan
zdan

Reputation: 29450

Just use the PowerShell exit command providing the result as an argument. For example:

C:\>powershell -command "exit [int]$true;"

C:\>echo %errorlevel%
1

C:\>powershell -command "exit [int]$false;"

C:\>echo %errorlevel%
0

Or for your case:

powershell.exe -command "exit [int]((get-service wsearch).status -eq 'Running')"

Upvotes: 3

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