sleep command in powercli code

[jvm2016]

Hi Luc,

can you please suggest what needs to be modified to get following functionality.

what i want to achieve is if there is no response  in orange line within 10 seconds it shud move to next snippet .

$vms_tools_upgrade_needed=$vms | Where-Object {$_.Guest.GuestFamily -eq 'windowsGuest' -and $_.ExtensionData.guest.toolsversionstatus -eq 'guesttoolsneedupgrade'}

   write-host "there are" $vms_tools_upgrade_needed.count "windows vms pending for tool upgrade in  " $cluster.name -ForegroundColor Yellow

     $response = Read-Host "Would you like to update vmware tools?"

   if ($response -eq "yes")

   {

   Write-Host "based on your response updating vmware tools which will take into effect in next powercycle " -ForegroundColor Green

   #code

   if($response -eq "")

   {

   Start-Sleep -Seconds 10

   Write-Host "moving to next snippet" -ForegroundColor Gray

   }

[LucD · Accepted solution]

With Read-Host there is no timeout possible.
You can create a loop where you wait for a key press with a timeout.

Something like this for example

Write-Host "Press y/n (you have 10 seconds)"

$timer = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()

$answer = ''

while($timer.Elapsed.TotalSeconds -lt 10){

   if ($host.UI.RawUI.KeyAvailable) {

   $answer = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyUp,IncludeKeyDown")

   if ($answer.KeyDown -eq "True"){

   break

   }

   }

   Write-Host '.' -NoNewline

  sleep 1

}

$timer.Stop()

if($timer.Elapsed.TotalSeconds -lt 10){

   Write-Host "`nAnswer : $($answer.character)"

}

else{

   Write-Host "`nTimer expired"

}

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[LucD]

Note that this will not work in the ISE or VSC, only from the PS prompt

[jvm2016]

thnaksiam checking this .