Question:
I am trying to accomplish the following via PS and having an issue getting what I need. I have tried many different formats for writing this script and this is the closest I have gotten I think.
I run the following and no error, but no result either.
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$softwarelist = 'chrome|firefox|iexplore|opera' get-process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -eq $softwarelist} | stop-process -force |
Here is another example that I was trying, but this one wasn’t terminating all the process I was providing (IE in W8.1).
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1..50 | % {notepad;calc} $null = Get-WmiObject win32_process -Filter "name = 'notepad.exe' OR name = 'calc.exe'" | % { $_.Terminate() } |
Thanks for any help!
Answer:
Your $softwarelist variable looks like a regular expression, but in your Where-Object condition, you’re using the -eq operator. I think you want the -match operator:
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$softwarelist = 'chrome|firefox|iexplore|opera' get-process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -match $softwarelist} | stop-process -force |
You can also pass multiple processes to
Get-Process, e.g.|
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Get-Process -Name 'chrome','firefox','iexplore','opera' | Stop-Process -Force |