Launching PowerShell Script from Eclipse IDE

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I'm trying to run a Powershell script without leaving Eclipse IDE so I setup External tool config as follows:

under "main" tab:

Location: C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Working Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\

Arguments: "& C:\PowershellScripts\script.ps1"

I save it and click run but nothing happens. A console window stays open diplaying C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe in title. I click on red Stop button but noting seems to happen anyway. The script is not exectued.

What am I missing?

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found a workaround: location: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe arguments: /c "powershell -file C:\Powershell\Script1.ps1" quotes are important. without them it will not execute the PS script. only thing remaining is to send the 'terminate' command somehow as the console window in eclipse doesn't terminate automatically. – Mrchief
Oh, it looks like you went the same route as me after some initial hiccups. As for "terminate automatically", I believe that the session would terminate as soon as you hit "enter". – JasonTrue

3 Answers

6
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I would probably use the -file argument, as in

-file "C:\PowershellScripts\script.ps1"

you may need to set the execution policy first if it's not already set to unrestricted on your system.

On my machine, a Windows 7 64-bit box with 64-bit Eclipse and a 64-bit jdk (1.6), I am able to get things to work if I set the "arguments" field to:

-executionpolicy unrestricted -file "c:\code\test.ps1"

An alternative that also worked for me was:

Set the application to launch as C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Set the arguments field to something like:

/c "powershell -executionpolicy unrestricted -file c:\code\test.ps1"

That does seem excessively Rube Goldbergian to me, but it's worth a try to see if your problems can be worked around by using a normal shell.

I did briefly get symptoms similar to what you describe, but I can't reproduce them anymore.

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Your configuration actually worked for me with the additional -file parameter:

  • Location: C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  • Working Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\
  • Arguments: -file ${workspace_loc:/my-project/deploy.ps1}

Here I run the script even from within the Eclipse workspace.

Before I had to run a "PowerShell as Administrator" and run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

That is shown here.

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The following argument solved everything for me:

-file "${resource_loc}"