Powershell – Why does this PowerShell script hang

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Today I had to use Start-Sleep many times so I thought I would create a shortcut function for it, sleep($time). However, whenever I entered the function it never exits! It must be an issue with either the data type for the argument for Start-Sleep or the way I am declaring the function. Instead of posting the whole script, I've posted this useless one that would make a familiar beep pattern if it worked:

function beep {
    Write-Host `a
}

function sleep {

    param([int]$time)

    Start-Sleep -m $time
}

beep
sleep(300)
beep
sleep(200)
beep
sleep(50)
beep
sleep(300)
beep
sleep(450)
beep
sleep(200)
beep

Best Answer

My system already has an alias for Start-Sleep called, oddly enough, sleep. run this to see if you have it dir alias:sleep. Try a different name for your function to see if that helps.

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Powershell – Why does Powershell take so long to init

The Powershell team has a fix for this on their blog.

Content of the script from the site mentioned Update-gac.ps1

Set-Alias ngen (Join-Path ([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeEnvironment]::GetRuntimeDirectory()) ngen.exe)
[AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() |
    sort {Split-path $_.location -leaf} |
    %{
        $Name = (Split-Path $_.location -leaf)
        if ([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeEnvironment]::FromGlobalAccessCache($_))
        {
            Write-Host "Already GACed: $Name"
        }else
        {
            Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "NGENing      : $Name"
            ngen $_.location | %{"`t$_"}
         }
      }

PowerShell – How to Check if Running with Administrator Privileges

$currentPrincipal = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())
$currentPrincipal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)

(from Command line safety tricks)

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