I have a C# console application that reads .csv files. I want to run this in the middle of a powershell script. What is the best way to do this?
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social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/…Mike– Mike2015-06-12 19:21:29 +00:00Commented Jun 12, 2015 at 19:21
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Thank you for the responses everyone. I'm new to this stuff so sorry for the duplicate question. I tried looking but couldn't find an answer to my question. Cheers!Cj_wink17– Cj_wink172015-06-12 19:50:40 +00:00Commented Jun 12, 2015 at 19:50
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If your executable isn't in your path you will need to tell powershell where to find it.
& "c:\some path with spaces\foo.exe" <arguments go here>
This has been answered before, here: Executing an EXE file using a PowerShell script
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Use Start-Process, perhaps with the -PassThru option, for example:
$csvProc = Start-Process my_csv_reader.exe -PassThru
This would allow you to do something like $csvProc | Stop-Process later on, or to check if it's still running at a later point in your script through $csvProc.HasExited
If you need even more control, you could do it this way:
$csvProc = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
and then you can use $csvProc the same way you'd use ProcessStartInfo in C# (setting the file name, paramaters, redirecting standard in or out, starting the process, etc.).
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Easy:
Start-Process -Wait PathToFile
If you don't want to wait for the process to finish remove the "-Wait" switch.
