How to capture powershell console output

[nikink]

Hi, I'm using Au3 to run a pshell cmdline and I can see the pshell output in the scite console but I can't capture it in a variable. What am I doing wrong?

Func PShell($sCmdline)
    ;Invoke powershell commandline passed to this function
    ;Return Powershell Output string
    ; ALSO: REMOTE PSHELL: Invoke-Command -Computer XXXXX -ScriptBlock{CommandToRun}

    ;set up powershell cmdline
    Local $sCommands

    Local $RunThis = "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -command " & $sCommands
    LogMe($RunThis)
    ; Run powershell cmdline
    Local $iPID = Run(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $RunThis, "", @SW_HIDE , $stdout_child)

    Local $sOutput = ""

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

    ; Capture powershell cmdline outputstream
    $sOutput = StdoutRead($iPID)
    If @error Then ; Powershell output stream has ended
        LogMe("Powershell output stream has ended - Stdoutread(" & $iPID & ": " & @error & ').' & @LF & 'Finished executing: ' & @LF & $RunThis & @LF & 'Note: This does NOT mean the cmdline worked, only that it finished executing.', $bDisplayMsg)
    EndIf

    Return $sOutput
EndFunc

$sOutput is returning "Error: Stoutread(7448: 1)" where 7448 is the PID I think.

So yeah, scratching my head and hoping someone can help.

[nikink]

I guess my ultimate goal is actually to detect whether a computer exists in our Active Directory or not. I've tried a powershell commandline because it was fast. My existing method relies on querying AD for all computer objects then searching the array of all objects. So yeah, inefficient. 😐

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[nikink]

Thanks! It didn't work for me, but I appreciate the link. I'll respond in that thread.