Press any key to continue
Here is what I use.
Write-Host -NoNewLine 'Press any key to continue...';
$null = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey('NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown');
Check out the ReadKey()
method on the System.Console
.NET class. I think that will do what you're looking for.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.console.readkey(v=vs.110).aspx
Example:
Write-Host -Object ('The key that was pressed was: {0}' -f [System.Console]::ReadKey().Key.ToString());
I've created a little Powershell function to emulate MSDOS pause
. This handles whether running Powershell ISE or non ISE. (ReadKey
does not work in powershell ISE). When running Powershell ISE, this function opens a Windows MessageBox
. This can sometimes be confusing, because the MessageBox
does not always come to the forefront. Anyway, here it goes:
Usage:
pause "Press any key to continue"
Function definition:
Function pause ($message)
{
# Check if running Powershell ISE
if ($psISE)
{
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("$message")
}
else
{
Write-Host "$message" -ForegroundColor Yellow
$x = $host.ui.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
}
}