batch-file Batch files and Powershell hybrids Run Powershell with Temporary Files
Example
This has been mentioned in other hybrid topics again and again. The old-school, but easy method to run Powershell is by:
echoing the Powershell script into a temporary script- Execute the temporary script
- Optionally remove the temporary script
This is a sample script.
@echo off
echo powershell-command>Temp.ps1
echo another line>>Temp.ps1
rem echo the script into a temporary file
powershell -File Temp.ps1
rem execute the temporary script
del Temp.ps1
rem Optionally remove the temporary script
The method above requires tons of echo statement if a long script is required, here is a better method suggest by @Aacini
@echo off
setlocal
rem Get the number of the "<resource>" line
for /F "delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /N "<resource>" "%~F0"') do set "start=%%a"
rem Skip such number of lines and show the rest of this file
(for /F "usebackq skip=%start% delims=" %%a in ("%~F0") do echo %%a) > Temp.ps1
powershell -File Temp.ps1
del /f /s /q Temp.ps1
goto :EOF
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