Sending multiple commands with psexec - powershell

Question

I'd like to condense
psexec \\server taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im soffice*
psexec \\server taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im swriter*
psexec \\server taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im scalc*
psexec \\server taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im simpress*
Into one psexec command. Normally I'd try the & operator to do so & so but since I'm doing this all in PS, it doesn't seem to like that. I tried an array of () and "" but it doesn't seem to like those either.
EDIT [answer]
Ended up just copying a .cmd (BAT) file and making a shortcut in my $PROFILE locally.
function flushlibra
{
param([string]$user = "")
if ($user -eq "")
{
$user = Read-Host "User to nuke LibraOffice proccesses: "
}
psexec -c "\\unc\path\to\flushlibra.cmd" $user
}
.cmd file
taskkill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq %1" /im soffice*
taskkill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq %1" /im swriter*
taskkill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq %1" /im scalc*
taskkill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq %1" /im simpress*

Answer 1

psexec allows you to invoke a batch script remotely, too, not just single commands. Use the -c switch to indicate that the script should be copied to the remote system.
So if you locally have a script KillProcs.cmd:
taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im soffice*
taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im swriter*
taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im scalc*
taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im simpress*
Then you can run that remotely like this
psexec \\server -c c:\localpath\KillProcs.cmd

Answer 2

I always use like this way :) and works properly
psexec \\COMPUTER -e cmd /c (COMMAND1 ^& COMMAND2 ^& COMMAND3)

Answer 3

If you just want to concatencate commands on a single line then use the statement separator ; e.g.:
psexec \\server taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im soffice*; psexec \\server taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im swriter* ; psexec \\server taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im scalc* ; psexec \\server taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $username" /im simpress*
From looking at the PSEXEC usage, it doesn't appear to allow you to specify multiple programs in a single invocation of PSEXEC.
BTW you could use PowerShell's remoting capability - assuming server has WMF 2.0 or higher installed and has enabled WSMan remoting e.g.:
Invoke-Command -ComputerName server {Stop-Process -Name soffice*,swriter*,scalc*,simpress* -Force}
If you can't go the remoting route, another approach would be to create a PowerShell function:
function Stop-RemoteProcess([string]$ComputerName, [string[]]$Programs, [string]$UserName)
{
foreach ($program in $Programs)
{
psexec "\\$ComputerName" taskill /f /t /fi "USERNAME eq $UserName" /im $program
}
}
Stop-RemoteProcess server soffice*,swriter*,scalc*,simpress* JohnDoe