Public/Test-Service.ps1
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Check service # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ function Test-Service { <# .SYNOPSIS Check if service exists .DESCRIPTION Check if a service with the provided name exists .PARAMETER Service The service parameter corresponds to the name of the service to look for .INPUTS This function accepts strings as input values from pipeline. .OUTPUTS Returns boolean value: - true if service exists - false if service is not found .EXAMPLE Test-Service -Service "WildFly" This example returns true if you have installed WildFly as a service. .NOTES File name: Test-Service.ps1 Author: Florian Carrier Creation date: 2019-01-22 Last modified: 2019-01-22 #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter ( Position = 1, Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, HelpMessage = "Name of the service" )] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Alias ("Service")] [String] $Name ) Begin { # Get global preference variables Get-CallerPreference -Cmdlet $PSCmdlet -SessionState $ExecutionContext.SessionState } Process { try { if (Get-Service -Name $Name -ErrorAction "Stop") { return $true } } catch { return $false } } } |