How to display the value of variable "$computers" after SELECT

Question

In the following script how can I display the value of $computers variable before it writes the entry to the file and grabs the next value.

I want to display the value of $computers before it is passed on to the Get=WmiObject.

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$computers = Get-Content -Path C:\Get-LocalUser.csv

Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computers -Class Win32_UserAccount -Filter "LocalAccount='True'" |

Select PSComputername, Name | Export-csv C:\local_users2.csv -NoTypeInformation

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Thank You,

Answer 1

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to Variable in PowerShell.

You can use in your script to display the value of variable "$computers"

Write-Output $computers

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Answer 2

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to Variable in PowerShell.

You can use in your script to display the value of variable "$computers"

Write-Output $computers

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Answer 3

Just add a new line with just the variable name $computers between the Get-Content and the Get-WMIObject cmdlets.

That will send the contents of the $computers array (or scalar, depending on the number of names retrieved from the file) to the success stream. Because you're not piping the resulting data into the Get-WMIObject there's no problem with sending that data into success stream.

Answer 4

An alternative way of sending the data to the console while also placing it into a variable is to use the Tee-Object cmdlet:

Get-Content -Path C:\Get-LocalUser.csv | Tee-Object computers    # NOTE: there is NO $ before the variable name!
Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computers -Class Win32_UserAccount -Filter "LocalAccount='True'" |
    Select PSComputername, Name | Export-csv C:\local_users2.csv -NoTypeInformation

Answer 5

Is there a reason you chose to use Get-WMIObject instead of using Invoke-Command and the Get-LocalUser?

$computers = Get-Content -Path C:\Get-LocalUser.csv
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computers -ScriptBlock {Get-LocalUser} 2>&1 |
    ForEach-Object{
        if ($_ -is [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]){
            $_ | Select-Object @{n="PSComputername";e={$_.CategoryInfo.TargetName}}, Name, @{n="Error";e={$_.Exception}}
        }
        else{
            $_ | Select-Object PSComputername, Name, Error
        }
    }