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How to pass command line arguments to a PowerShell script invoked by a doskey

I have a caller.cmd file which has a DOSKEY set like this: 

DOSKEY startnow=call powershell getscalled.ps1

Now the script getscalled.ps1 has two switch parameters defined in parameter sets like this:

param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName='first')]
    [switch]$thisIsFirst,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName='second')]
    [switch]$thisIsSecond
)

So, only one of the two parameters can be provided at a time. I want the parameter to be provided from the command line itself using the DOSKEY that I have set up. Something like: 

startnow -thisIsFirst

Any help on how to achieve this? Thanks!

Solution

  • Create macro like this(so use $1 $2... for parameters);

    DOSKEY startnow=script.ps1 $1

    So, you could call;

    startnow -thisIsFirst