giving variables to another powershell console [duplicate] - powershell

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I have a script that opens a powershell console as admin and do sth in eventlog.
I have two variables that i the new admin-PS console needs.
[string] $PiEventLog = "'Company Name Prv.Limt'"
[String] $PiEventLogSource = "'XY-Test'"
I am opening the new PS-Console like this
start powershell -Verb runas {
If(Get-EventLog -List | ?{$_.Log -like $PiEventLog}){
Write-Host "EventLog already exists." -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
else{
New-EventLog -LogName $PiEventLog -Source $PiEventLogSource -ErrorAction Stop
Write-Host "EventLog was successfully created." -ForegroundColor Green
}
Read-Host "Press any key to close the console..."
}
If i try to execute the script, i get the following error:
The argument for the parameter "LogName" cannot be checked. The
argument is NULL or empty. Specify an argument that is not NULL or
empty and re-execute the command.
anyone got an idea, how i can give those two variables to the new PS-console, without having to set two different variables in the new console?

Answer 1

I believe this should work, it's easier if you use a Here-String. Since you're using the -like operator, I would assume you're looking for a Log that "contains" the input given in $PiEventLog, in that case, you should use wildcard characters: -like "*$PiEventLog*".
param(
[string] $PiEventLog = 'Company Name Prv.Limt',
[String] $PiEventLogSource = 'XY-Test'
)
$command = #"
If(Get-EventLog -List | Where-Object Log -Like '*$PiEventLog*'){
Write-Host 'EventLog already exists.' -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
else{
New-EventLog -LogName $PiEventLog -Source $PiEventLogSource -ErrorAction Stop
Write-Host 'EventLog was successfully created.' -ForegroundColor Green
}
Read-Host "Press any key to close the console..."
"#
Start-Process powershell -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList '-c', $command
Then you call this script like:
PS /> ./script.ps1 -PiEventLog 'something' -PiEventLogSource 'something'