C# command line scripts

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I have what I thought would be a dead easy question to find an answer to.

Having really, really tried to get on with PowerShell, I find its syntax to be arcane to say the least. I don't doubt its power but I'm not a sysadmin and I don't do batch scripting very often. So every time I come back to PowerShell, it takes me ages to Google the syntax for even the simplest tasks. Almost always, I find myself thinking, I could probably do this no problem in C# and sometimes I do create a full command line .exe in Visual Studio to do what I want. So...

Is there an easy and convenient way to create scripts based on C# syntax and then run them from a Windows command prompt?

Any advice or comments on anything that people have experience of would be appreciated.

Kind wishes - Patrick

What I have tried:

I've looked at CS-Script and ScriptCS and also looked here dotnet-script, but they seem not to integrate well. By that, I mean that I struggle to see an easy workflow I would use for creating, organising and running scripts. And I struggle to see that I'd remember how to use any of these if I didn't use it often.

Posted 15-Oct-18 23:09pm

Patrick Skelton

Updated 15-Oct-18 23:58pm

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Richard Deeming 16-Oct-18 10:56am

Maybe this item in the Insider News[^] is what you're looking for? :)

Patrick Skelton 17-Oct-18 3:49am

Yes, I saw that. It does appear to be the closest to what I had in mind. I'll give it a try when I get chance.

Thanks for the suggestion.

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2018-10-15T23:58:00

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This CP article might help:

Compiling C# Code at Runtime[^]

You could essentially create a CSharpScript app that loads a text file that contains C# "script" code and compile that script at runtime. You could also write pre-compiled plugins for your script runner app, and specify the DLL name on the commandline.

After doing that a couple of times, you might find that it's just easier to use powershell. :)

Posted 15-Oct-18 23:58pm

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Updated 15-Oct-18 23:59pm

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Patrick Skelton 16-Oct-18 6:30am

:)
Is it just me who has a problem with PowerShell? The syntax seems highly convoluted to me. The verb-noun bit is a good idea but it seems to go quickly downhill from there. I actually prefer the old DOS shell commands and I NEVER thought I'd say that!

#realJSOP 16-Oct-18 7:29am

I've only used PowerShell once, and that was to unzip some files from a batch file. If it hadn't been for the security crap on our network, I wouldn't have used it.