Is there anyway of using ps to get the pid of a powershell command which is already executing.
For e.g., say I've already executed the following command.
ls | ? { <where condition> } | % { <some operations> }
The goal is I open up another powershell window and type in something that allows me to wait for the above to complete.
Any ideas?
allow me to wait for the above to complete.
In that command you are using a ForEach-Object (%).
The ForEach-Object has a default argument -Process that accepts the script block you are providing that is doing the processing for each item in the pipeline. But that commandlet also offers a -End {Scriptblock} argument that will be executed after all the pipeline input has been accepted and processed. You could use this -End block to send your notification somehow. Perhaps by writing a file or sending an email or whatever else you wanted to notify you.
ls | ? { <where condition> } | % { <some operations> } -End { #alert me!}
