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Is there difference between "catch [Exception]" and "catch" in PowerShell?

I have a script which is transferring some files via SFTP using WinSCP.

A summary of the script:

$transferfiles = @("filename 1" "filename 2")

foreach ($file in $transferfiles) {
    $file
    $transferResult = $session.PutFiles($file, "/upload/TEST/", $False,$transferOptions)
    try {
        $transferResult.Check()
    }
    catch [Exception]{
        Write-Host "$file was not transferred."
    }
}

I just want to know if I need to use [Exception]? Why doesn't catch by itself work?

Thanks

Solution

  • catch [Exception] is identical to catch.

    So you do not need to use catch [Exception].

    I have modified all official WinSCP .NET assembly examples to use just catch.