Chapters/powershell7-scripting-features/ternary.ps1
#requires -version 7.0 return "This is a snippets file" $IsWindows ? "ok":"not ok" #maybe this is more complicated if ($IsWindows) { "ok" } else { "not ok" } if ($IsWindows) { Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service -filter "name='bits'" Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service -filter "name='wsearch'" } else { Clear-Host Get-Date Write-Warning "This command requires Windows" } #compared to $IsWindows ? (Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service -filter "name='bits'"), (Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service -filter "name='wsearch'") : (Clear-Host),(Get-Date),(Write-Warning "This command requires Windows") #variation $win = { Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service -filter "name='bits'" Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service -filter "name='wsearch'" } $nowin = { Clear-Host Get-Date Write-Warning "This command requires Windows" } $IsWindows ? (&$win) : (&$nowin) $var = (get-date).DayOfWeek -eq "Friday" ? "tgif": "blah" |