Windows cmd.exe output in PowerShell

Question

I have a script for remotely executing commands on other machines, however... when using windows cmd.exe commands It does not write to the file on the remote server. Here is the code.

$server = 'serverName'  
$Username = 'userName'  
$Password = 'passWord'  
$cmd = "cmd /c ipconfig"  

########################  

########################  

$ph = "C:\mPcO.txt"  
$rph = "\\$server\C$\mPcO.txt"  

$cmde = "$cmd > $ph"  
$pass = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $Password -Force  
$mycred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist  "$Username",$pass  
Invoke-WmiMethod win32_process -name create -ComputerName $server -ArgumentList $cmde  Credential $mycred  
cmd /c net use \\$server\C$ $password /USER:$username  
Get-Content $rph  
Remove-Item $rph  
cmd /c net use \\$server\C$ /delete

As you can see we simply write

$cmde = "$cmd > $ph"

if I use a PowerShell command I use

$cmde = "$cmd | Out-File $ph"

and it works fine. Any advice Appreciated

ravikanth · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-19 08:12:57Z

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Why are you doing it the hard way? You can use WMI to get the IP details of a remote computer.

Get-WMIObject -ComputerName "RemoteServer" Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled=$true" | Out-File $env:TEMP\ipdetails.txt

Now, once you have that file, you can move it using the commands you had in your script.

edited Mar 19, 2011 at 8:12

answered Mar 19, 2011 at 8:07

ravikanth

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noledgeispower Over a year ago

Im not worried about the IP, thats just an example I gave for a non powershell command.

ravikanth Over a year ago

Hmm.that should have been clear. Anyway, the script works fine for me except the missing '-' in Invoke-WMIMethod line. -Credential is missing '-'. Other than that, the script was able to create a file on the remote machine with ($cmd > $ph) and I was able to read it using Get-Content $rph.

ravikanth Over a year ago

BTW, you don't have to map network drive to a remote conputer. Get-Item supports UNC paths.

Keith Hill Over a year ago

For that matter, the OP doesn't need the cmd /c on cmd /c net use .... net use ... works just fine from PowerShell.

noledgeispower Over a year ago

Thanks guys, also, strangly this does work on one setup, executing from XP to win7, however when executing from a win7 machine back to XP it does not. It is also not working from 7 to 2k3.

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