Having a powershell script restart

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I have a powershell script I created to query services that are running on servers in my environment. As it stands now, the script will work, returning running services then stop. I am trying to figure out a way to have the script go back to the beginning and prompt for the next server name so I can repeatedly execute it

$Server = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter Server Name'
Get-Service -ComputerName $Server | Where Status -eq "Running"
Out-GridView
Read-host "press enter to continue.."

while ($true) { Read-Host "You'll need Ctrl-C to stop this." } — Jeroen Mostert
– Jeroen Mostert, Commented Aug 24, 2020 at 14:10

Theo · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-24 19:34:49Z

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Don't forget to pipe the objects returned to Out-GridView.. ;)

I'd probably do something like this:

while ($true) { 
    $Server = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter Server Name'
    if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Server)) { break }
    Get-Service -ComputerName $Server | 
    Where Status -eq "Running" |
    Out-GridView
}

edited Aug 24, 2020 at 19:34

answered Aug 24, 2020 at 14:44

Theo

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Daniel Björk · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-24 14:50:44Z

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This will run until you just press enter instead of providing a servername.

$Server = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter Server Name'

while ($Server -ne "")  
{
    Get-Service -ComputerName $Server | Where Status -eq "Running" | Out-GridView
    $Server = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter Server Name'
}

edited Aug 24, 2020 at 14:50

answered Aug 24, 2020 at 14:11

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Daniel Björk Over a year ago

@ITninja777 I updated my code with a prettier solution

ITninja777 Over a year ago

Thanks Daniel, the while statement in the loop made all the difference, it works great!

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