If a command passed in PowerShell -Command has a syntax error then PowerShell
exit code is 0 (success).
The script Test-SyntaxError.ps1 invokes a command with a syntax error and shows the exit code 0.
- v5 - fixed, the exit code is 1 (error).
- v7.0.0-preview.5 - exit code 1 but there is no error message printed
Ideally, use only tested commands. If it is not possible to invoke a command for testing then at least check its syntax. Wrap it with a script block, i.e. with braces, and invoke the whole command with it:
PowerShell [options] {<command>}Invoke the test command in a batch file or a PowerShell script depending on how it is going to be used because parsing of arguments may be different.
If a command is very complex consider to compose it is a script and invoke this
script by PowerShell -Command. In such a case if a script has a syntax error
then the exit code is 1 (failure).
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