How to return batch file exit code to powershell script ?

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Hi,
 I am executing a batch file from PowerShell .I have PowerShell script as shown below which runs .bat file.

$process = [WMICLASS]"\\server\ROOT\CIMV2:win32_process" 
 $result = $process.Create("D:\Scripts\MyBatchFile.bat 'C:\PSInstall' 'D:\TempDelete' 'C:\PSInstall\cert' AdminId AdminPwd 'Prod'")

Here my batch file is MyBatchFile.bat and I am passing some parameters to it.

In batch file I used below commands to deal with errors. As shown below my batch file returns exit code 0 if success and returns 1 if any error.

IF %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 goto errorsection
@echo Executed MyBatchFile successfuly
echo -------------------------------------------------------------------
echo Finished Processing MyBatchFile.bat
echo -------------------------------------------------------------------

echo.
echo **************************************************************************************
exit 0

:errorsection
@echo Error found in executing MyBatchFile
echo -------------------------------------------------------------------
echo Finished Processing MyBatchFile.bat
echo -------------------------------------------------------------------

echo.
echo **************************************************************************************
exit 1



Now I want to store that exit code returned by MyBatchFile.bat file in a PowerShell variable.

 How to get batch file exit code to PowerShell variable ?

I have tried $LastExitCode in PowerShell to capture the exit code returned by MyBatchFile.bat file, but didn't worked. I have provided PowerShell script I used to run batch file . How can I capture batch file exit code using above PowerShell script ?

Please suggest me . . . .

Posted 16-May-14 1:15am

chandu7x

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Hamdi Choban 16-May-14 7:56am

what you mean by "exit code" , if it is in string format then you can write saving code for it inside your MybatchFile.bat for example : exit_code > c:\exit_code_content.txt .

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chandu7x · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-20T20:36:00

Hi,
After doing a lot of research on google ,I myself found the solution.

I used new PowerShell script to execute batch file in PowerShell and to get exitCodes of batch files to PowerShell .My new PowerShell script given below

param( 
	[String]$FilePath="D:\Scripts\MyBatchFile.bat 'C:\PSInstall' 'D:\TempDelete' 'C:\PSInstall\cert' AdminId AdminPwd 'Prod'" )

function ABC()
{

try{
$Command="$FilePath"


cmd /c $Command |Out-String



exit 0

 }
 catch{
 
 write-host "-----------------------------------------------------------" -ForegroundColor Green
 write-host "Caught an exception:" -ForegroundColor Red
  write-host "Exception Type: $($_.Exception.GetType().FullName)" -ForegroundColor Red
  write-host "Exception Message: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
 
 
  write-host "-----------------------------------------------------------" -ForegroundColor Green
  exit 1
 }
 
write-host "The Last Exit Code is:" $LastExitCode
 }
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
 ABC

above script totally solved my problem.

$LastExitCode returns 0 if success and 1 if failure.