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    I'm trying to run the following command in Powershell

    cmd /c net use | find "K:"

    It's failing with FIND: Parameter format not correc

    I've tried everything like invoke-expression but it doesn't work!

    I've also tried where{$_ -match "K"}) but this fails presumably because its coming out of the commandline and is not a string.

    What's the best practive for this?

    Alter De Ruine

    Wednesday, February 6, 2019 2:50 PM

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    The following worked for me in PowerShell:

    cmd /c 'net use | find "K:"'

    I enclosed the entire command in single quotes.

    Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)

    Wednesday, February 6, 2019 3:36 PM
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    take a look of select-string instead of find

    Chris

    Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:31 PM
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    You don't need to run cmd.  The find command needs the doublequotes literally passed to it.  You can use findstr or select-string or where-object instead.

    net use | find '"K:"'
    net use | findstr K:
    net use | select-string K:
    net use | where { $_ -match 'K:' }
    get-psdrive | where name -eq K

    Wednesday, February 6, 2019 7:44 PM
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    Just do it.

    Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:41 AM