Run All PowerShell Scripts In A Directory

Question

I have a series of ps1 files in a directory, all of which have different names. I am trying to run them one after another with Start-Process and the -Wait parameter. How does loop through all the files in a directory and run one PowerShell script after another? There are no subfolders, and no files that are not of type ps1.

Here is my start:

$DirectoryList = Get-Content -Path C:\test foreach ($Directory in $DirectoryList) { Start-Process -FilePath powershell.exe -ArgumentList ('"{0}\How To Read Me.ps1" -Path "{1}"' -f $PSScriptRoot, $Directory); }

Ansgar Wiechers · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-18 17:27:10Z

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You could simply use the call operator (&):

Get-ChildItem 'C:\test' | ForEach-Object { & $_.FullName }

edited Nov 18, 2016 at 17:27

answered Jan 8, 2015 at 23:30

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notjustme Over a year ago

Ansgars answer does the trick but I just wanna point out (obvious to some but certainly not all) that it's quite frickin' important to have full control of the path and everything in it before looping through and executing every single file within so no harmful code is being executed.

Ray Foss Over a year ago

Get-ChildItem | % { & $_.FullName } That will run everything in your current directory.

stoXe Over a year ago

Here's even shorter :) gci | %{$_.FullName}

Ansgar Wiechers Over a year ago

@DevinStokes The ampersand is not optional. And the shortest possible version (without defining custom functions/aliases) is ls|%{&$_.FullName}.

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