I am familiar with how BASH syntax handles this request but I am unable to find a way to do this in PowerShell.
BASH Example:
for x in `ls .`; do something with ${x}; done
What I am trying to perform the same thing with PowerShell (which has the incorrect syntax for demonstration purposes)...
ForEach ($group in `$wsus.GetComputerTargetGroups()`)
...I obviously get a syntax error.
BASH to PowerShell translation is the ask here. :D
For the example you have, it would just work (without the backticks):
ForEach ($group in $wsus.GetComputerTargetGroups()) {
# do stuff
}
If it's a command, you can wrap it in a subexpression:
foreach ($process in $(Get-Process)) {
# do stuff
}
You might also look at the ForEach-Object cmdlet which can be more idiomatic in PowerShell's pipelines:
Get-Process | ForEach-Object { Write-Verbose "This process is $_" -Verbose }
This might help you get going...
$things = Get-ChildItem C:\Windows\
foreach ($thing in $things) {
# Do a thing with each one in turn
Write-Host $thing.Name -ForegroundColor Magenta
}
