trying to use run with powershell and line split

[dwaynek]

trying to use this powershell command with Run but nothing comes out in $sOutput.

the powershell portion works on the command line but not when its used in an autoit script:

Local $iPID=Run('powershell "((gwmi win32_process | select CommandLine| Select-String -Pattern firefox.exe,GoogleChromePortable -CaseSensitive).line).split('-')|Select-String -Pattern CommandLine|Sort-Object|Get-Unique"', "d:\my documents\bat",@SW_SHOW,$STDOUT_CHILD + $STDERR_CHILD)

; Wait until the process has closed using the PID returned by Run.
ProcessWaitClose($iPID)

Local $sOutput = StdoutRead($iPID)
msgbox(0,"",$sOutput)

 

it has something to do with the split ('-') i think bcz if i remove everything from the line split portion onwards, it works fine.

Edited July 11, 2019 by dwaynek

[Malkey]

Because the "program" parameter of the "Run" function is entirely incased within single quotes, ('...'), any single quotes, ('), within the "program" parameter must be doubled, (''), to be recognized as single quotes, ('..''...''..').

#include <AutoItConstants.au3>

Local $iPID = Run('powershell "((gwmi win32_process | select CommandLine| Select-String -Pattern firefox.exe,GoogleChromePortable -CaseSensitive).line).split(''-'')|Select-String -Pattern CommandLine|Sort-Object|Get-Unique"', "", @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD + $STDERR_CHILD)

; Wait until the process has closed using the PID returned by Run.
ProcessWaitClose($iPID)

Local $sOutput = StdoutRead($iPID)
MsgBox(0, "", $sOutput)

 

[dwaynek]

awesome thanks that worked!