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PowerShell: common parameter -errorVariable

Invoking a cmdLet with the common parameter -errorVariable causes an error message (if the cmdlet fails) to be stored in the specified variable.

As is also the case with the automatic variable $error, the type of the indicated variable is System.Collections.ArrayList whose elements store System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord objects.

$item = get-item         `
   inexisting-item       `
  -errorVariable    err  `
  -errorAction      silentlyContinue


if ($err) {
   write-host $err
}
else {
   write-host "item $item found"
}

Github repository about-powershell, path: /language/cmdlet/parameter/common/errorVariable/get-inexisting-item.ps1

PowerShell: common parameter -errorVariable

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