Prompt for user input in PowerShell - Stack Overflow
Mar 9, 2016 · Why? Because it only works in PowerShell.exe, not PowerShell ISE, PowerGUI, etc. Read-Host is, quite simply, bad form. Read-Host uncontrollably stops the script to prompt …
powershell - Read-Host with multiple colors - Stack Overflow
Nov 19, 2018 · In one of my powershell functions, I want to gather input from the user, but first I need to give some instructions. I'd like to print a line or two in the console with different colors. …
Is there a one-liner for using default values with Read-Host?
It makes an array containing the Read-Host response and the default value, then filters to exclude empty values, and selects the first (there would be two if the user responded).
How can I use powershell's read-host function to accept a …
How can I use powershell's read-host function to accept a password for an external service? Asked 12 years, 8 months ago Modified 2 years, 8 months ago Viewed 44k times
Can I change Read-Host so it doesn't always end in a colon?
Jun 10, 2018 · Again, it's entirely up to the host application how the Read-Host call get's rendered in the UI, so yes - by writing your own host application instead of using powershell.exe.
Read-Host in While loop with if statement - Stack Overflow
Nov 19, 2018 · This should be really simple, but I cannot make it work. I'm new to the PowerShell so my mistake is probably obvious. I'm trying to ask a user for an input using a while loop, and …
How to Use -confirm in PowerShell - Stack Overflow
27 Read-Host is one example of a cmdlet that -Confirm does not have an effect on. -Confirm is one of PowerShell's Common Parameters specifically a Risk-Mitigation Parameter which is …
Is it possible to hide the user input from read-host in Powershell ...
Nov 9, 2016 · I´m looking for a way to hide the user input from the Read-Host cmdlet. I know I can do this with -assecurestring, but I´d like to save the input as plain text in my variable. Is there a …
How can I allow only Y/N to be input in Read-Host without having …
Dec 26, 2020 · How can I allow only Y/N to be input in Read-Host without having to press Enter in Powershell? Asked 4 years, 10 months ago Modified 1 year, 8 months ago Viewed 4k times
powershell - Press any key to continue - Stack Overflow
Jan 2, 2014 · According to Microsoft's documentation, read-host lets the user type some input, and then press enter to continue. Not exactly the correct behavior if you want to have "Press …