I would like to create a Powershell script that takes parameters in the standard Linux style, i.e., --my-param, with a leading --. I thought this might be possible using the alias parameter attribute, as in
Param (
[parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[alias("-my-param","p")]
[String]
$param
)
What I hoped with this was that the call
c:\src\ps\params.ps1 --my-param "x"
would be recognized as referring to the alias -my-param. Unfortunately, what I get is
C:\src\ps\params.ps1 : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'x'.
At line:1 char:21
+ c:\src\ps\params.ps1 <<<< --my-param1 "x"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [params.ps1], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,params.ps1
On the other hand, using the alias my-param in this lets me call the script with -my-param. Is there a way of specifying parameter names with leading -- in Powershell?