How to capture the Return Value of a ScriptBlock invoked with Powershell's Invoke-Command

Question

My question is very similar to this one, except I\'m trying to capture the return code of a ScriptBlock using Invoke-Command (so I can\'t use the -FilePath option). Here\'s

Answer 1

$script = {
    # Call exe and combine all output streams so nothing is missed
    $output = ping badhostname *>&1

    # Save lastexitcode right after call to exe completes
    $exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

    # Return the output and the exitcode using a hashtable
    New-Object -TypeName PSCustomObject -Property @{Host=$env:computername; Output=$output; ExitCode=$exitCode}
}

# Capture the results from the remote computers
$results = Invoke-Command -ComputerName host1, host2 -ScriptBlock $script

$results | select Host, Output, ExitCode | Format-List

Host : HOST1
Output : Ping request could not find host badhostname. Please check the name and try again
ExitCode : 1

Host : HOST2
Output : Ping request could not find host badhostname. Please check the name and try again.
ExitCode : 1