Checking command execution status using if condition

Question

I am using Powershell version 5.1 on Windows 10.

I have the below code where I am trying to check the execution status, if it works then output as success else failed.

When I run the code, the code works, but it gives an output as failed.

Below is the code

if(Enable-LocalUser -Name TEST)
{
    Write-Host "Success"
}
else
{
    Write-Host "Failed"
}

How can I get a proper confirmation of the command execution? Please help

Answer 1

You can use $? to check whether the last powershell command executed successfully or not :

Enable-LocalUser -Name TEST
if($?)
{
    Write-Host "Success"
}
else
{
    Write-Host "Failed"
}

If you wanted exception details , then i would suggest try catch :

try{
    Enable-LocalUser -Name TEST2 -ErrorAction Stop
    #The below line will only run if enable-localuser did not generate any exception
    Write-Host "Success"
}
catch
{
    Write-Host "Failed,Due to :"
    $_.exception
}

$? Contains the execution status of the last operation. It contains TRUE if the last operation succeeded and FALSE if it failed.(Excerpt from: Powershell Automatic Variables Documentation)