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Created July 5, 2019 16:44
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ErrorActionIgnore.ps1
$Error.count # empty automatic variable
# throwing an error when file doesn't exists
Get-Item C:\Data\nosuchfile.txt
$Error.count # one error record logged
# supressing the error
Get-Item C:\Data\nosuchfile.txt -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$Error.count # but still capturing the error
# supress the error but not logging it in $Error variable
Get-Item C:\Data\nosuchfile.txt -ErrorAction Ignore
$Error.count
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