Wrapper function in PowerShell: Pass remaining parameters

Question

I’m trying to write a wrapper function in PowerShell that basically evaluates the first parameter and based on that runs a program on the computer. All the remaining paramet

Answer 1

This sort of does what you ask. You may run into trouble if you need to pass dash-prefixed options to the executable that conflict or cause ambiguity with the PowerShell common parameters. But this may get you started.

function Invoke-MyProgram
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
    (
        [parameter(mandatory=$true, position=0)][string]$Option,
        [parameter(mandatory=$false, position=1, ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)]$Remaining
    )

    if ($Option -eq 'A')
    {
        Write-Host $Remaining
    }
    elseif ($Option -eq 'B')
    {
        & 'C:\Program Files\some\program.exe' @Remaining # NOTE: @ not $ (splatting)
    }
}