powershell 2.0 try catch how to access the exception

powershell, try-catch

Solution

Try something like this:

try {
    $w = New-Object net.WebClient
    $d = $w.downloadString('http://foo')
}
catch [Net.WebException] {
    Write-Host $_.Exception.ToString()
}

The exception is in the `$_` variable. You might explore `$_` like this:

try {
    $w = New-Object net.WebClient
    $d = $w.downloadString('http://foo')
}
catch [Net.WebException] {
    $_ | fl * -Force
}

I think it will give you all the info you need.

My rule: if there is some data that is not displayed, try to use `-force`.

Problem

This is the `try catch` in PowerShell 2.0 ``` $urls = "http://www.google.com", "http://none.greenjump.nl", "http://www.nu.nl" $wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient foreach($url in $urls) { try { $url $result=$wc.DownloadString($url) } catch [System.Net.WebException] { [void]$fails.Add("url webfailed $url") } } ``` but what I want to do is something like in c# ``` catch( WebException ex) { Log(ex.ToString()); } ``` Is this possible?

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