Reputation: 75
I'm using a PowerShell script to add some information to all users in AD. For some reason, I keep getting an error message if the user has a apostrophe in their name (e.g Tim O'Reilly).
How can I format the script so it will include names with apostrophe ?
My script:
# Import AD Module
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
write-Host 'Starting to update AD Attributes.......' -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow
# Import CSV into variable $users
$users = Import-Csv -Path C:\Scripts\users.csv
# Loop through CSV and update users if the exist in CVS file
foreach ($user in $users) {
#Search in specified OU and Update existing attributes
Get-ADUser -Filter "displayName -eq '$($user.Name)'" -Properties * -SearchBase "DC=My,DC=domain,DC=com" |
Set-ADUser -Company $($user.Email)
}
Write-Host 'done!' -ForegroundColor Green
And this is the error message I'm getting:
Get-ADUser : Error parsing query: 'displayName -eq 'Tim O'Reilly'' Error Message: 'syntax error' at position: '29'. At C:\Scripts\Update-information\Update-Users-2.ps1:13 char:1 + Get-ADUser -Filter "displayName -eq '$($user.Name)'" -Properties * -S ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [Get-ADUser], ADFilterParsingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryCmdlet:Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADFilterParsingException,Micr osoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADUser
I'd really appreciate any help I can get here.
Thank you,
Upvotes: 0
Views: 968
Reputation: 186
You can use some custom delimiter in your csv file instead of modifying your script. Just divide your data with custom char like ":" (Tim : O'Reilly), and add delimiter switch for import-csv cmdlet, like
$users = Import-Csv -Path C:\Scripts\users.csv -Delimiter :
Upvotes: 1