Transfer file via netcat as a background job in Powershell

Question

I have 2 PCs, 1 listening for connections and the other trying to send the file.

$dir is a file

"$dir.zip" is the zipped $dir file.

I ran this command with success.

Get-Content "$dir.zip" | .\Netcat32.exe serveo.net PORT

However, I want to run it in the background, so that I can run other commands.

I followed the microsoft guides for running jobs and found AsJob and Start-Job

This command was successful, but it doesn't run in background:

Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {Get-Content "$dir.zip" | .\Netcat32.exe serveo.net PORT}

However, when I add the -AsJob tag at the end of the line...:

Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {Get-Content "$dir.zip" | .\Netcat32.exe serveo.net PORT} -AsJob

I get this error:

Invoke-Command : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.
At line:1 char:1

    + Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {Get-Content "$dir.zip" | .\Netcat32.exe se ...
    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Invoke-Command], ParameterBindingException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeCommandCommand

But when I change the command to the following I get no errors, it runs in the backgorund but still no connection: (i've noticed that ComputerName is localhost by default)

Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -ScriptBlock {Get-Content "$dir.zip" | .\Netcat32.exe serveo.net 55558} -AsJob

This command returns no errors, runs in the background, but no connection is achieved:

Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Content "$dir.zip" | .\WinGid.exe serveo.net PORT}

Tried this too, runs in bg but no TCP connection established:

Start-Job -ScriptBlock { invoke-Command -ScriptBlock { Get-Content "$dir.zip" | .\WinGid.exe serveo.net PORT } }

Answer 1

You may try start-process

start powershell -Argumentlist "Get-Content $dir.zip | .\Netcat32.exe serveo.net PORT" -noNewWindow

if you know how to do this in cmd below options might work
start ./netcat32.exe -ArgumentList "..." -nonewwindow

or start-job {cmd /c "netcat32 ..."}