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How to add an exception to wait for process to close command in PowerShell?
In PowerShell, the Wait-Process
cmdlet is used to wait for a process to exit before continuing with the script execution. By default, Wait-Process
waits for all instances of the specified process to be closed. However, you can add an exception to wait only for specific instances of the process to close. To do this, you can use the Exclude
parameter of the Wait-Process
cmdlet.
The Exclude
parameter allows you to specify process objects that should be excluded from the wait operation. Here's how you can use the Exclude
parameter to add an exception to the Wait-Process
cmdlet:
powershell# Get the process you want to exclude from the wait operation
$processToExclude = Get-Process -Name "ProcessNameToExclude"
# Wait for all processes to close except the one specified in the $processToExclude variable
Wait-Process -Exclude $processToExclude
Replace "ProcessNameToExclude"
with the actual name of the process you want to exclude from the wait operation. The Get-Process
cmdlet retrieves the process object for the specified process name, and then the Wait-Process
cmdlet waits for all processes to close except the one specified in the $processToExclude
variable.
If you have multiple processes to exclude, you can store them in an array and pass the array to the Exclude
parameter:
powershell# Get the processes you want to exclude from the wait operation
$processesToExclude = Get-Process -Name "Process1", "Process2", "Process3"
# Wait for all processes to close except the ones specified in the $processesToExclude array
Wait-Process -Exclude $processesToExclude
Now, the Wait-Process
cmdlet will wait for all processes to close except the ones specified in the $processesToExclude
array.
Keep in mind that the Exclude
parameter is available in PowerShell 5.1 and later versions. If you are using an older version of PowerShell, consider updating to a more recent version to use this feature.