I need a line of script that does something like this:
if (results from PowerShell command not empty) do something
The PowerShell command is basically
powershell -command "GetInstalledFoo"
I tried if (powershell -command "GetInstalledFoo" != "") echo "yes" but get the error -command was unexpected at this time. Is this possible to accomplish? This command will eventually be run as the command to cmd /k.
BartekB's answer works as long as at least one line of output does not start with the FOR /F eol character (defaults to ;) and does not consist entirely of delimiter characters (defaults to space and tab). With appropriate FOR /F options it can be made to always work.
But here is a simpler (and I believe faster) way to handle multiple lines of output that should always work.
for /f %%A in ('powershell -noprofile -command gwmi win32_process ^| find /v /c ""') do if %%A gtr 0 echo yes
Another alternative is to use a temp file.
powershell -noprofile -command gwmi win32_process >temp.txt
for %%F in (temp.txt) if %%~zF gtr 0 echo yes
del temp.txt
Third way: set an environment variable from your PowerShell script and test it in your batch file?
I guess if won't be the best solution for that. I would use for /f instead:
for /f %R in ('powershell -noprofile -command echo foo') do @echo bar
That should give you 'bar', while this:
for /f %R in ('powershell -noprofile -command $null') do @echo bar
... should not. In actual .bat/ .cmd file you have to double % (%%R)
or better yet, if you don't want to many bar's returned...:
(for /f %R in ('powershell -noprofile -command gwmi win32_process') do @echo bar) | find "bar" > nul && echo worked
