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Use Try-Catch
Avoid testing for the successful completion of a call to a cmdlet with an If-Then-Else construct. Rather use a Try-Catch construct (whenever possible).
Don’t do
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$vmName = 'MyVM' $vm = Get-VM -Name $vmName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if($vm){ $vm | select Name,PowerState } else{ Write-Output "VM $vmName not found" } |
But rather do
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$vmName = 'MyVM' Try{ $vm = Get-VM -Name $vmName -ErrorAction Stop } Catch{ Write-Output "VM $vmName not found" } |