I am having difficulty with executing a command line in cmd from Powershell. The problem is I can't seem to use my global variables in the command line when cmd is opened from Poweshell. Below is the code I am working with but to no avail. Can someone please provide guidance on this issue?
Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -verb RunAs -ArgumentList {/k set Name="$cmdname" set Item="$cmditem" setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion echo "%Name%" }
Thanks, Roger
The syntax is awkward for sure:
Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -ArgumentList "/k set Name=$cmdname & set Item=$cmditem & call echo %name%"
Some of the reasoning here is:
&
set
command takes everything after =
until special characters like &
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
doesn't really apply here. Use call
to delay instead.
!var!
rather than %var%
-ArgumentList {stuff}
sends as a literal string, and variables aren't expanded