Run a PowerShell command inside after opened the PowerShell console

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I want to run a PowerShell command inside itself, after opened the PowerShell console. For example as we create desktop shortcut by DOS command line by CMD. Similarly opened the PowerShell command line console, another PowerShell cmdlet would execute inside that.

Ex: PS C:> Test-Connection -ComputerName 8.8.8.8 -Count 1000

I want to run a PowerShell command inside itself, after opened the PowerShell console. For example as we create desktop shortcut by DOS command line by CMD. Similarly opened the PowerShell command line console, another PowerShell cmdlet would execute inside that.

Ex: C:> PowerShell && Test-Connection -ComputerName 8.8.8.8 -Count 1000

PS C:> Test-Connection -ComputerName 8.8.8.8 -Count 1000

As an aside: DOS , with its command.com console shell (command processor), was the foundation of a long-obsolete line of Windows versions ending with Windows ME. The current line of Windows operating systems, dating back to Windows NT, uses cmd.exe as its console shell; while its batch language is compatible with command.com's, its technological foundation is different. In other words: DOS plays no part in modern Windows systems, and discussing the latter in terms of DOS is both incorrect and confusing. — mklement0
– mklement0, Commented Nov 23, 2022 at 3:25

mklement0 · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-23 00:38:39Z

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powershell.exe, the Windows PowerShell CLI, allows you to:

pass a command to execute via the (positionally implied) -Command parameter.
keep the resulting session open with -NoExit.

Therefore:

PowerShell -NoExit -Command "Test-Connection -ComputerName 8.8.8.8 -Count 1000"

answered Nov 23, 2022 at 0:38

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Manas Dash Over a year ago

Thank you it is really working what I was expecting.

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