I want to start a script1.ps1 out of an other script with arguments stored in a variable.
$para = "-Name name -GUI -desc ""this is the description"" -dryrun"
. .\script1.ps1 $para
The args I get in script1.ps1 looks like:
args[0]: -Name name -GUI -desc "this is the description" -dryrun
so this is not what I wanted to get.
Has anyone a idea how to solve this problem?
thx lepi
PS: It is not sure how many arguments the variable will contain and how they are going to be ranked.
You need to use splatting operator. Look at powershell team blog or here at stackoverflow.com.
Here is an example:
@'
param(
[string]$Name,
[string]$Street,
[string]$FavouriteColor
)
write-host name $name
write-host Street $Street
write-host FavouriteColor $FavouriteColor
'@ | Set-Content splatting.ps1
# you may pass an array (parameters are bound by position)
$x = 'my name','Corner'
.\splatting.ps1 @x
# or hashtable, basically the same as .\splatting -favouritecolor blue -name 'my name'
$x = @{FavouriteColor='blue'
Name='my name'
}
.\splatting.ps1 @x
In your case you need to call it like this:
$para = @{Name='name'; GUI=$true; desc='this is the description'; dryrun=$true}
. .\script1.ps1 @para
Using Invoke-Expression is another aternative:
$para = '-Name name -GUI -desc "this is the description" -dryrun'
Invoke-Expression -Command ".\script1.ps1 $para"
