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      Sunday, February 05, 2012 5:31 PM
       
       
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      I am working in the MOAC lab and have hit a Snag 

      getting Unexpected token '}' an expresstion or statment  in statment

      Import-CSV `c:\Project58members.csv'| foreach-object -process {Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy `Project58 Managed folder policy'} <<<<

      any suggestions

       
       

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    • Sunday, February 05, 2012 7:01 PM
       
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      Try this instead:

       

      Import-CSV c:\Project58members.csv| foreach-object -process {Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy 'Project58 Managed folder policy'}

      It looks like you were using apostrophes instead of single quotes.

       

      Rich Prescott | Infrastructure Architect, Windows Engineer and PowerShell blogger | MCITP, MCTS, MCP

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      In both quoted strings the OP used a back-tick for the opening quote and a single-quote for the closing quote:

          Import-CSV `c:\Project58members.csv'| foreach-object -process {Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy `Project58 Managed folder policy'}

      he only quoted string in the above is therefore this:

         '| foreach-object -process {Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy `Project58 Managed folder policy'

      reducing the statement to this:

          Import-CSV `c:\Project58members.csv'whatever'}

      In which it is easier to see that the "}" was unexpected.

       

       

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    • Sunday, February 05, 2012 5:37 PM
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      Try this instead:

      Import-CSV c:\Project58members.csv| foreach-object -process {Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy 'Project58 Managed folder policy'}

      It looks like you were using apostrophes instead of single quotes.

      Rich Prescott | Infrastructure Architect, Windows Engineer and PowerShell blogger | MCITP, MCTS, MCP

      Engineering Efficiency
      @Rich_Prescott
      Windows System Administration tool 2.0
      AD User Creation tool
       
    • Sunday, February 05, 2012 7:01 PM
       
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      Try this instead:

       

      Import-CSV c:\Project58members.csv| foreach-object -process {Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy 'Project58 Managed folder policy'}

      It looks like you were using apostrophes instead of single quotes.

       

      Rich Prescott | Infrastructure Architect, Windows Engineer and PowerShell blogger | MCITP, MCTS, MCP

      Engineering Efficiency
      @Rich_Prescott
      Windows System Administration tool 2.0
      AD User Creation tool


      In both quoted strings the OP used a back-tick for the opening quote and a single-quote for the closing quote:

          Import-CSV `c:\Project58members.csv'| foreach-object -process {Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy `Project58 Managed folder policy'}

      he only quoted string in the above is therefore this:

         '| foreach-object -process {Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy `Project58 Managed folder policy'

      reducing the statement to this:

          Import-CSV `c:\Project58members.csv'whatever'}

      In which it is easier to see that the "}" was unexpected.

       

       
    • Sunday, February 05, 2012 8:18 PM
       
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      I think this might make it a bit easier to see.

      $csvfile="c:\Project58members.csv"
$mbpolicy="Project58 Managed folder policy"
Import-CSV $csvfile | 
     foreach-object -process {
              Set mailbox -identity $_.Identity -managedfoldermailboxpolicy $mbpolicy
     }

      This way the quotes are not hidden in the lines.

      The issue is use of back-ticks instead of single quotes (apostrophes).  Back-ticks are only used to escape a character in a string or as a line continuation character.  The behavior of the back-tick in this scenario is unpredictable or not easily predictable.

      Stay away from back-ticks in static strings.

       Al's example is also easy to see.

       

       

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