Disabling the Confirmation Prompt
Scenario/Problem: You need to automatically confirm operations such that a script runs unattended.
Solution: Include the -Confirm
parameter with a $false
setting.
When running cmdlets discussed in this book, you might receive a confirmation message to confirm the action being processed. If you use these cmdlets in scripts, the script will not run straight through without prompting for the confirmation.
The cmdlets that have a -Confirm
optional parameter can be called in unattended mode by passing in -Confirm:$false
to the cmdlet, as shown in Listing 2.3.
Remove-item *.png -Confirm:$false
Note
Not all cmdlets have a –Confirm
parameter. Use the help ...
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