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Test-Connection not recognised #5478
Description
Test-Connection is not recognised in PowerShell for Linux
Steps to reproduce
Test-Connection localhostExpected behaviour
As per Windows version:
Source Destination IPV4Address IPV6Address Bytes Time(ms)
------ ----------- ----------- ----------- ----- --------
MYDESKTOP localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1 32 0
MYDESKTOP localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1 32 0
MYDESKTOP localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1 32 0
MYDESKTOP localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1 32 0
Actual behaviour
Test-Connection : The term 'Test-Connection' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Test-Connection localhost
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Test-Connection:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-beta.9
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.0.0-beta.9
OS Linux 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 29 17:29:29 EDT 2015
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Reacted by Vladimir
Activity
iSazonov commentedon Nov 16, 2017
MKPhil (@MKPhil) Thanks for your report! Old Test-Connection cmdlet was Windows only. Currently we have #5328 to get ported version of the cmdlet.