Passing array to another script with Invoke-Command

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Sameer picture Sameer · Jul 10, 2013 · Viewed 8.4k times · Source

I'm stuck trying to figure this out. I've seen the other articles and have tried everything, but I'm not getting anywhere. I am trying to pass an array as an argument to another PS script. Here's what I'm trying:

$IPArray = Get-Content C:\ListofIps.txt
Invoke-Command -Computername $server -Credential $cred -FilePath "C:\script.ps1" -ArgumentList (,$IPArray)

The 5 values in $IPArray aren't being passed to the script that I call.

Thanks in advance, guys, I really appreciate any help you can give...

Answer

Keith Hill picture Keith Hill · Jul 11, 2013

Use:

... -ArgumentList (,$IPArray)

Because the ArgumentList parameter expects an array you've correctly noted that you need to wrap the array in another array. However, the correct syntax in this scenario (specifying a parameter value) is to use a grouping expression () to create the nested array.

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