Question

I have the following script.

Get-Job | ? { $_.State -eq 'Completed' } | Remove-Job

I want to display the removed jobs in one chained pipes. The following script doesn’t work.

 Get-Job | ? { $_.State -eq 'Completed' } | Remove-Job | % { echo "Removed: $_" }

And the following get errors.

 Get-Job | ? { $_.State -eq 'Completed' } | % { echo "Removed: $_" } | Remove-Job

Remove-Job : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for
the command either because t he command does not take pipeline input
or the input and its properties do not match any of the parameters
that take pipeline input. At line:2 char:81
+ Get-Job | ? { $.State -eq ‘Completed’ } | % { echo “Removed: $” } | Remove-Job <<<<
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Removed: System…n.PSRemotingJob:PSObject) [Re move-Job],
ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveJobComman
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Answer 1

You can do like this to keep it simple:

get-job | ?{$_.state -eq "Completed"} | 
  %{ Remove-Job $_; Write-host "Removed $($_.Name)" }

For what you were trying to work, you have to do:

get-job | ?{$_.state -eq "Completed"}  | %{write-host "Removed: $($_.Name)"; $_} | 
   Remove-Job

Note the $_, passing the job back to the pipeline.