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How to Invoke-Command and pass path to command as parameter

I'm tearing my hair out trying to invoke-command but pass the path to the exe as a parameter

eg: I want to take this command

powershell Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -ScriptBlock { param($command ) C:\windows\system32\getmac.exe /$command } -ArgumentList ?

and translate it into a form like this

powershell Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -ScriptBlock { param($path, $command ) $path\getmac.exe /$command } -ArgumentList C:\windows\system32,?

I've tried all manner of quoting, ampersands and other contortions but can't get it to work. The above attempt results in

Unexpected token '\getmac.exe' in expression or statement. At line:1 char:97

(I don't really want to invoke getmac on localhost, this is the runnable, SO distilled version)

Solution

  • Try this option. It shows me help for cscript.exe. 

    C:\>powershell.exe Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -ScriptBlock { param($path, $command ) cmd /c $path $command } -args '"C:\windows\system32\cscript.exe"','"/?"'

    I tried other options using & and then path and arguments and it was giving me missing } exception. Then using cmd /c instead of & inside scriptblock fixed the issue.