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Windows PowerShell Exit Codes ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ October 14, 2006 by PowerShell Team // 10 Comments Share 0 0 Windows PowerShell Exit Codes PSMDTAG:FAQ: How can my script control the PowerShell exit code? Answers: 1. A normal termination will set the exitcode to 0 2. An uncaught THROW will set the exitcode to 1 3. The EXIT statement will stop the process and set the exitcode to whatever is specified. c:\>powershell -noprofile -command "Write-output Test"Testc:\>echo %errorlevel%0c:\>powershell -noprofile -command "Write-output Test; throw ‘ERROR'"TestERRORAt line:1 char:25+ Write-output Test; throw <<<< ‘ERROR'c:\>echo %errorlevel%1c:\>powershell -noprofile -command "Write-output Test; exit 31492"Testc:\>echo %errorlevel%31492 Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]Windows PowerShell/MMC ArchitectVisit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShellVisit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter athttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx Back totop Search this blog Search all blogs Top Server & Tools Blogs ScottGu's Blog Brad Anderson’s "In the Cloud" Blog Brian Harry's Blog Steve "Guggs" Guggenheimer's Blog Share This PostShareShareShareShareShare Recent Posts PSScriptAnalyzer Community Call - Oct 18, 2016 October 13, 2016 New Home for In-Box DSC Resources October 7, 2016 New Social Features on Gallery September 30, 2016 PowerShellGet
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workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack powershell errorlevel Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs powershell return exit code to cmd Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2006/10/14/windows-powershell-exit-codes/ it only takes a minute: Sign up How to get the error code when there is error in powershell? up vote 3 down vote favorite 1 My snippet is something like this: $msg=Remove-Item -Recurse -Force C:\users\bkp 2>&1 if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 1) { "Encountered error during Deleting the Folder. Error Message is $msg. Please check." >> $LogFile exit } The http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17461079/how-to-get-the-error-code-when-there-is-error-in-powershell folder C:\users\bkp does not exist. Even though $msg gives me the error message $LASTEXITCODE is still 0. How do I capture as a flag? powershell share|improve this question asked Jul 4 '13 at 2:42 Avinash Ganesh 48238 You could just check the $error variable. This contains every error encountered in your session, well up to a point as it does have a limit on memory allocation I believe. –Shawn Melton Oct 21 '15 at 3:09 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 5 down vote You can use the $? automatic variable to determine the result of the last command. If you need access to the actual error, you can use the $Error automatic variable. The first item in the array is the last error thrown: Remove-Item -Recurse -Force C:\users\bkp 2>&1 if( -not $? ) { $msg = $Error[0].Exception.Message "Encountered error during Deleting the Folder. Error Message is $msg. Please check." >> $LogFile exit } share|improve this answer edited Jul 4 '13 at 12:35 answered Jul 4 '13 at 3:59 Aa
Windows PowerShell blog back in March. I've not seen a response yet and doubt I ever will as it's an old post and so I very much doubt anyone is monitoring it.] I've got a bit http://chrisoldwood.blogspot.com/2011/05/powershell-throwing-exceptions-exit.html of a love/hate relationship with PowerShell at the moment. Naturally whilst learning any new language the books steer you nicely towards the things that work, but as you start to "do your own thing" you step outside that comfort zone and the warts and inconsistencies start to appear. I should point out that this particular affliction affects more than just PowerShell[*] but it's worse because it appears inconsistent in its behaviour and so appears to work - sometimes. exit code The Process Exit Code Every process can return an exit code to signal to its caller something about the outcome of the task it was asked to perform. I don't believe there is a formal definition anywhere about what constitutes "success" and "failure"[#] but the established convention is that zero means success and non-zero means unsuccessful. Of course what "unsuccessful" then means opens a whole new can of worms but if you're writing a Windows batch file then powershell exit code the following construct is probably embedded in your head:-