Question

I have a PowerShell script with a number of ‘params’ at the start:

param(
    [switch] $whatif,
    [string] $importPath = $(Read-Host "Full path to import tool"),
    [string] $siteUrl = $(Read-Host "Enter URL to create or update"),
    [int] $importCount = $(Read-Host "Import number")
)

Is there any way I can run this against an answer file to avoid entering the parameter values every time?

Answer 1

I am not getting the reason for the question. All you have to do to call your script is something like:

.\script.ps1 -whatif -importPath import_path -siteUrl google.com -importCount 1

The Read-Host are there as defaults, to be executed ( and then read and assign the values to the parameters ) only if you don’t specify the values. As long you have the above comand ( saved in a file so that you can copy and paste into console or run from another script or whatever ), you don’t have to enter the values again and again.