Help: Execute Process Task --> Powershell Command

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Help: Execute Process Task --> Powershell Command

BobMcC

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March 9, 2011 at 10:21 am

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I occasionally run a Powershell command that add characters at the end of each line in a text file.
From a Powershell prompt I run the following command:
(get-content "C:\Some Folder\someFile.txt")| foreach-object{$_+"xxxxx"}|set-content "C:\Some Folder\someFile.txt"
I tried to set that up to run from an Execute Process Task, but I'm not doing something right.
I put the the powershell command in the Executable section and the remainder of the the command in the Arguments section, but I don't have it delimited or quoted correctly (I think).
If I execute the above from a DOS command prompt i.e.
c:\>PowerShell (get-content "C:\Some Folder\someFile.txt")| foreach-object{$_+"xxxxx"}|set-content "C:\Some Folder\someFile.txt"
I receive the following error: 'foreach-object{$_+"xxxxx"}' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Suggestions?

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 1

You can run Powershell commands from SQL Server Agent. Is that an option?

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BobMcC SSCrazy Points: 2260 More actions · Answer 2

I suppose it would be an option, but why would I want to? I just want to run a single command line utility, not much different than using the Execute Process Task to run a command line option to unzip a compressed file.

I recently found out solution: in the Arguments box i put:

"(get-content 'C:\YetAnotherFolder\MyFile.txt')| foreach-object{$_+',,,,,,,,,'}|set-content 'C:\YetAnotherFolder\MyFile.txt'"

and it looks like it works perfectly.

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 3

BobMcC (3/10/2011)
I suppose it would be an option, but why would I want to?

Well, I don't really see a difference between running a SQL Server Agent job or running an SSIS package. 🙂

Both are a means to an end.

Anyway, glad you found a solution.

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BobMcC SSCrazy Points: 2260 More actions · Answer 4

Koen Verbeeck (3/10/2011)
BobMcC (3/10/2011)
I suppose it would be an option, but why would I want to?
Well, I don't really see a difference between running a SQL Server Agent job or running an SSIS package. 🙂
Both are a means to an end.
Anyway, glad you found a solution.

Koen, On reflection my question about why I would want to, may have sounded snotty and I hope you know I didn't mean it that way. I was genuinely asking why I might want to use an Agent job, in case I was missing something. To explain why I wanted it into an SSIS task is because it's but one task of several related tasks in an SSIS solution I'm building, but I didn't add that as I didn't feel like it was part of the problem.

Thanks for the reply.

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 5

Don't worry, I'm not easily offended 🙂

It does indeed make sense to incorporate it in SSIS if it is part of a bigger solution.

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