July 5th, 2014

PowerTip: Examine the Most Recent PowerShell Error

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto
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Summary: Learn how to examine the most recent error in Windows PowerShell.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question My Windows PowerShell command failed with an error. How can I look at the error record?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the $error automatic variable to it displays the last error.
          You can see more details by piping it to the Format-List cmdlet and using –Force:

$error | Format-List * -Force

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