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ErrorAction

Learn ErrorAction in PowerShell with a construct-specific explanation, a unique example, a practical boundary, and a mastery check.

12 min read • Intermediate

ErrorAction is an atomic PowerShell topic inside Errors & Diagnostics. The example below uses the actual construct named by the lesson rather than a generic placeholder.

Focus on what ErrorAction changes: the input, binding, control path, object state, collection, runtime effect, or language contract. Then alter one value and verify that the behavior changes for a reason specific to this feature.

Topic-specific example

powershell-06-03-erroraction.ps1
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Get-Item "./missing.file" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Edge case / engineering note

Exercise both the success path and the failure path; verify what is caught, propagated, or cleaned up rather than only checking printed output.

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