How to pass boolean values to a PowerShell script from a command prompt

Question

I have to invoke a PowerShell script from a batch file. One of the arguments to the script is a boolean value:

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Answer 1

This is an older question, but there is actually an answer to this in the PowerShell documentation. I had the same problem, and for once RTFM actually solved it. Almost.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_powershell_exe

Documentation for the -File parameter states that "In rare cases, you might need to provide a Boolean value for a switch parameter. To provide a Boolean value for a switch parameter in the value of the File parameter, enclose the parameter name and value in curly braces, such as the following: -File .\Get-Script.ps1 {-All:$False}"

I had to write it like this:

PowerShell.Exe -File MyFile.ps1 {-SomeBoolParameter:False}

So no '$' before the true/false statement, and that worked for me, on PowerShell 4.0