PowerShell: how to get if else construct right?

Question

I\'m trying to learn powershell and tried to construct a if else statement:

if ((Get-Process | Select-Object name) -eq \"svchost\") {
    Write-Host \"seen\"         


        

Answer 1

You can simply ask Get-Process to get the process you're after:

if (Get-Process -Name svchost -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) 
{
  Write-Host "seen"
}
else 
{
  Write-Host "not seen"
}