Unable to grep output for Invoke-command

[ganapa2000]

Hi,

I am trying to use the below script to get the remote VMs information, it is unable to grep the username using the variable for the files. as it shows complete information of file instead of grep info.

Please help!!

$myuser = "Max"

$myout = @'
echo;echo $myuser;hash_line=$(printf '#%.0s' {1..100}); echo "$hash_line"; echo "AD_INFO - $(adinfo | grep connected)"; echo "$hash_line"; echo "CENTRIFY_INFO - $(grep $myuser /etc/centrifydc/centrifydc.conf)"; echo "$hash_line"; echo "SUDOERS_INFO - $(grep $myuser /etc/sudoers)"; echo "$hash_line"
'@
Invoke-SSHCommand -SessionId $session.SessionId -Command $myout | select -ExpandProperty Output

[LucD]

You are using the here-string with single quotes, which means that the variable $myuser will not be replaced inside $myout.
We had this discussion many times before

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[ganapa2000]

Hi LucD,

I tried with double quotes, I am getting error

$myout = @"
echo;echo $myuser;hash_line="$(printf '#%.0s' {1..100})";echo "$hash_line"; echo "AD_INFO - "$(adinfo | grep connected)""; echo "$hash_line"; echo "CENTRIFY_INFO - "$(cat /etc/centrifydc/centrifydc.conf | grep $myuser)""; echo "$hash_line"; echo "SUDOERS_INFO - "$(cat /etc/sudoers | grep $myuser)""; echo "$hash_line"
"@

Invoke-SSHCommand -SessionId $session.SessionId -Command $myout | select -ExpandProperty Output

Error

printf : The term 'printf' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. 
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At D:\myreports\Scheduled\Admin\Scripts\12_Linux_User_Group_Server_Access.ps1:113 char:14
+ hash_line=\$(printf '#%.0s' {1..100})
+              ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (printf:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
 

adinfo : The term 'adinfo' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. 
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At D:\myreports\Scheduled\Admin\Scripts\12_Linux_User_Group_Server_Access.ps1:115 char:21
+ echo \"AD_INFO - \$(adinfo | grep connected)\"
+                     ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (adinfo:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
 

cat : Cannot find path 'C:\etc\centrifydc\centrifydc.conf' because it does not exist.
At D:\myreports\Scheduled\Admin\Scripts\12_Linux_User_Group_Server_Access.ps1:117 char:27
+ echo \"CENTRIFY_INFO - \$(cat /etc/centrifydc/centrifydc.conf | grep  ...
+                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\etc\centrifydc\centrifydc.conf:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundEx 
   ception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand
 
cat : Cannot find path 'C:\etc\sudoers' because it does not exist.
At D:\myreports\Scheduled\Admin\Scripts\12_Linux_User_Group_Server_Access.ps1:119 char:26
+ echo \"SUDOERS_INFO - \$(cat /etc/sudoers | grep $myuser)\"
+                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\etc\sudoers:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

I am able to execute the below command directly without any errors but when used with invoke-sshcommand, getting error

echo;echo $myuser;hash_line="$(printf '#%.0s' {1..100})";echo "$hash_line"; echo "AD_INFO - "$(adinfo | grep connected)""; echo "$hash_line"; echo "CENTRIFY_INFO - "$(cat /etc/centrifydc/centrifydc.conf | grep $myuser)""; echo "$hash_line"; echo "SUDOERS_INFO - "$(cat /etc/sudoers | grep $myuser)""; echo "$hash_line"

mytest
####################################################################################################
AD_INFO - CentrifyDC mode: connected
####################################################################################################
CENTRIFY_INFO - pam.allow.users: svc.scanner,svc.prodepo,mytest
####################################################################################################
SUDOERS_INFO - mytest ALL=(ALL) ALL
####################################################################################################

[LucD]

I was referring to the ExpandString method which I mentioned multiple times in threads you started.

In short, you have to escape the dollar signs that you do not want to be substituted.

$myuser = "Max"
$myout = @'
echo;echo $myuser;
hash_line="`$(printf '#%.0s' {1..100})";
echo "`$hash_line"; echo "AD_INFO - "`$(adinfo | grep connected)"";
echo "`$hash_line"; echo "CENTRIFY_INFO - "`$(cat /etc/centrifydc/centrifydc.conf | grep $myuser)"";
echo "`$hash_line"; echo "SUDOERS_INFO - "`$(cat /etc/sudoers | grep $myuser)"";
echo "`$hash_line"
'@

$subMyOut = $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.ExpandString($myout)
Invoke-SSHCommand -SessionId $session.SessionId -Command $subMyOut | select -ExpandProperty Output

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[ganapa2000]

Perfect LucD, that worked now :)

Thank you very much