Splatting Missing '=' operator after key in hash literal was incomplete? - powershell

Question

I'm trying to execute this script using Splatting for the remote server (through PowerShell ISE).
However, it is always stuck and failed.
I've followed the suggestion as in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSKMKU/com.ibm.wincollect.doc/t_ug_wincollect_cli_install.html
Script:
$Args = #{
'EXE'='\\PRDFS01-VM\DSL\wincollect-7.3.0-24.x64.exe'
'INSTALLDIR'='C:\Program Files\IBM\WinCollect\'
'LOG_SOURCE_AUTO_CREATION_ENABLED'='True'
'LOG_SOURCE_AUTO_CREATION_PARAMETERS'=""
'Component1.AgentDevice'='DeviceWindowsLog'
'Component1.Action'='create'
'Component1.LogSourceName'="$env:COMPUTERNAME"
'Component1.LogSourceIdentifier'="$env:COMPUTERNAME"
'Component1.Dest.Name'='IBMQradar'
'Component1.Dest.Hostname'='192.168.111.111'
'Component1.Dest.Port'='514'
'Component1.Dest.Protocol'='TCP'
'Component1.Log.Security'='true'
'Component1.Log.System'='true'
'Component1.Log.Application'='true'
'Component1.Log.DNS+Server'='true'
'Component1.Log.File+Replication+Service'='true'
'Component1.Log.Directory+Service'='true'
'Component1.RemoteMachinePollInterval'='3000'
'Component1.EventRateTuningProfile'='Default+(Endpoint)'
'Component1.MinLogsToProcessPerPass'='100'
'Component1.MaxLogsToProcessPerPass'='150'
}
$process = Start-Process -ArgumentList "/s" "/v" "/qn" #Args -Wait -PassThru
$process.ExitCode
Error:
At line:9 char:15
+ Component1.Action=create
+ ~
Missing '=' operator after key in hash literal.
At line:29 char:18
+ $process.ExitCode
+ ~
Missing '=' operator after key in hash literal.
At line:29 char:18
+ $process.ExitCode
+ ~
The hash literal was incomplete.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingEqualsInHashLiteral
OK, after updating it as above, now the error is different:
Start-Process : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '/qn'.
At line:25 char:12
+ $process = Start-Process -ArgumentList "/s" "/v" "/qn" #Args -Wait -P ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Start-Process], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

Answer 1

Hashtable keys cannot contain dots unless you quote them.
This doesn't work.
$Args = #{
EXE='\\PRDFS01-VM\DSL\wincollect-7.3.0-24.x64.exe /s /v"/qn'
Component1.Action=create
}
This does (note that create also requires quotes)
$Args = #{
EXE='\\PRDFS01-VM\DSL\wincollect-7.3.0-24.x64.exe /s /v"/qn'
'Component1.Action'='create'
}
ISE will actually even give you syntax errors about this, so I'm not quite sure how that went unnoticed.