I have some powershell script . Instead totalcmd* you can type another process you want.
$tc = get-process -Name totalcmd* | format-wide -property Name
echo $tc
if ($tc -eq "Totalcmd64")
{
Stop-Process -Name totalcmd*
}
Start-Sleep 10
It doesn't work, I think, because, my $tc not equal to string "totalcmd". How can I remove unwanted spaces of cmdlet get-process -Name totalcmd* | format-wide -property Name output and compare strings correctly?
You do not end up with a string because you pipe to format-wide. These cmdlets are best for representing data on the screen. Instead select the property and use -ExpandProperty to return it as a string:
$tc = get-process -Name totalcmd* | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
echo $tc
...
You are generally correct that $tc is not equal to "totalcmd" and that is because when you set $tc, you are creating an array (most likely of one element). You can test that by running $tc | get-member to see what kind of object you are working with.
To work with string objects, you could use the Out-String cmdlet as well.
If you want to explicitly stop TotalCmd64 processes why not simply use:
Get-Process -Name TotalCmd64 | Stop-Process
If you want to switch between 64/32bit versions of the program, use a switch statement (untested):
$tc = (Get-Process -Name TotalCmd*).Name
switch ($tc){
'TotalCmd' {Get-Process -Name TotalCmd |Stop-Process;"Start TotalCmd64";Break}
'TotalCmd64' {Get-Process -Name TotalCmd64|Stop-Process;"Start TotalCmd32";Break}
default {"No TotalCmd* processes found"}
}
$tcwill never equal a string object "Totalcmd64".