So? What does $all_Tapes display before the "if" statement?
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 6:18 PM To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [powershell] reference elements Changed it (and that may indeed be a problem) but still no go. Immediately before the IF line I put: $tape.label so the whole catalog should print out, one line at a time, regardless of the IF conditions. Blank screen. Nothing at all. I've already verified the $all_tapes var does indeed have the intended information (i.e. the full catalog). ________________________________ From: mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com> To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:powershell@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [powershell] reference elements Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 22:06:46 +0000 PowerShell recognizes and respects typical operator precedence. [N.B. - I always quote my subexpressions - force of habit from FORTRAN, 30+ years ago.] From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Liu, Gavin Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 5:44 PM To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:powershell@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [powershell] reference elements Try changing your if logic to if (($tape.label -like "*monthly*") -and ($tape.location -ne "offline")) The way it reads now, I wouldn't be surprised if it's just confused on what to evaluate. Gavin From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 1:54 PM To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:powershell@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [powershell] reference elements I did that for debugging since I wasn't sure I had the concatente done right; simplified it to take that out just to get the IF logic right. The output file should have one element in it. It has none. I put a statement in the IF block of "$tape.label" and it prints "$tape.label" to the screen rather than a slot # for each element it encounters in the $all_tapes var. This has been a bugaboo of mine with powershell; trying to extract data from attributes. Every time I think I have it I encounter a situation where it doesn't work. ________________________________ From: mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com> To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:powershell@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [powershell] reference elements Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 20:23:33 +0000 ..and get rid of the "| ft -autosize" at the end of the $all_tapes statement. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Crawford, Scott Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 4:19 PM To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:powershell@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [powershell] reference elements Try [array]$eject_tapes += $tape.location You're reassigning $eject_tapes every time through the loop and not appending a value. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 3:06 PM To: powershell@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:powershell@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [powershell] reference elements I thought I had this right, but apparently not. It's my understanding that when selecting multiple attributes of a cmdlet's output it creates an array. Yet it's not working. $eject_tapes = $null $all_tapes = Get-ProtectionGroup -DPMServer SD-SCDPM-01 | Get-Tape | Select Label, Barcode, Location | Sort-Object Label | ft -autosize foreach ($tape in $all_tapes) { if ($tape.label -like "*monthly*" -and $tape.location -ne "offline") { $eject_tapes = $tape.location } } out-file -filepath "c:\users\danielcadmin\documents\tapes.txt" -inputobject $eject_tapes Output file is empty and shouldn't be. Doing this manually I see it's not picking up that I want the element. I've also tried $tape.[0] without joy. 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