Handling boolean values for String parameters in Powershell

Question

Using Powershell I'd like to call my script as follows:

myscript.ps1 -device1 enable -device2 disable -device3 enable

Each device paramenter is defined as String followed by a bool value.

param(
  [string] $device1,
  [string] $device2,
  [string] $device3
)

Does PowerShell support this with some predefined functions or parameters or would you implement this in a totally different way? I'd like to avoid a parsing for enable and disable.

Martin Brandl · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-27 07:28:48Z

4

I would implement this using a switch:

param(
  [switch] $device1,
  [switch] $device2,
  [switch] $device3
)

So you can invoke your script using:

myscript.ps1 -device1 -device3

answered Jun 27, 2016 at 7:28

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3 Comments

Robert Strauch Over a year ago

This would mean that e.g. device2 will be set to false if not set when calling the script?

Martin Brandl Over a year ago

exactly. If you want, you could also specify this using -device2:$false but you don't have to.

sodawillow Over a year ago

Check this technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj554301.aspx and this ss64.com/ps/syntax-args.html for additional info

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