Running powershell script inside a bash script

Question

In Powershell-
How do I run a powershell script(.ps1) inside a bash script(.sh)
I can run just the powershell script-
& .\scriptfile.ps1
and just the bash script.
But when I try to run the powershell inside the bash script, I get
file.ps1 : command not found
Both scripts are in the same path.

So you run .\scriptfile.ps1 and your error says file.ps1 not found?? — Doug Maurer, Aug 16 '20 at 01:34
No. It runs fine, no errors. The file not found error is when I run it inside the .sh script. — hithesh, Aug 16 '20 at 02:12

Elroy Flynn · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-16T04:05:21.583

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Are you trying

.\scriptfile.ps1

? That should be

./scriptfile.ps1

But also, when invoking powershell from a bash script, you'll need to either run the pwsh command like

pwsh ./scriptfile.ps1

or the first line of your Powershell script file should be a shebang (interpreter directive) like:

#!/usr/bin/env pwsh

See How can I use a shebang in a PowerShell script?

edited Aug 16 '20 at 04:05

answered Aug 16 '20 at 02:12

Elroy Flynn

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I tried pwsh ./scriptfile.ps1, I get- pwsh: command not found – hithesh Aug 16 '20 at 02:35
Adding #!/usr/bin/env pwsh, give me #!/usr/bin/env : bad interpreter: no such file or directory – hithesh Aug 16 '20 at 02:37
Also pwsh ./scriptfile.ps1, fails. pwsh not recognized as name of a cmdlet.....etc. Just .\scriptfile.ps1 by itself runs without errors. However, it fails when it's run from inside the .sh script. – hithesh Aug 16 '20 at 02:38

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '20 at 23:40

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I'm using git bash on Windows 10 Pro and there it's powershell. The executable is in /c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe and it's contained in my $PATH. So I can say

powershell ./scriptfile.ps1
# or inline:
powershell 'my script'

In the Ubuntu-on-Windows bash I have to say

powershell.exe ./scriptfile.ps1

answered Sep 01 '20 at 23:40

user829755

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For me `powershell ./scriptfile.ps1` was the only thing that worked. `powershell scriptfile.ps1` gave an error and `powershell 'scriptfile.ps1'` gave an error. – Infineight Jul 26 '21 at 11:49

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '20 at 00:47

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try to change permission and make it excutable with chmod +x file.ps1

answered Aug 16 '20 at 00:47

Risna Fadillah

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I tried that before, but I get chmod is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file etc. – hithesh Aug 16 '20 at 00:53
are you run with super user or root user? – Risna Fadillah Aug 16 '20 at 00:55
I am running the powershell as admin. – hithesh Aug 16 '20 at 00:56
I get the same message again when I run $ which pwsh ($ not recognized as the name of cmdlet.....). Also tried which pwsh. (which not recognized as the name of cmdlet etc) – hithesh Aug 16 '20 at 01:13
@hithesh It sounds like you are running these commands from inside of the Powershell shell; try running them from your default shell (Bash, ZSH, etc). – Scott Simontis Aug 19 '20 at 04:04
@Scott Simontis This is on windows pc. So powershell is all I have. No bash etc. – hithesh Aug 20 '20 at 06:34

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 09 '21 at 10:54

# Update the list of packages
sudo apt-get update
# Install pre-requisite packages.
sudo apt-get install -y wget apt-transport-https software-properties-common
# Download the Microsoft repository GPG keys
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Register the Microsoft repository GPG keys
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Update the list of products
sudo apt-get update
# Enable the "universe" repositories
sudo add-apt-repository universe
# Install PowerShell
sudo apt-get install -y powershell
# Start PowerShell
pwsh

Running powershell script inside a bash script

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