How can I pass-through parameters in a powershell function?

Question

I have a function that looks something like this:

function global:Test-Multi {
    Param([string]$Suite)
    & perl -S "$Suite\runall.pl" -procs:$env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS
}

I would like to allow the user to specify more parameters to Test-Multi and pass them directly to the underlying legacy perl script.

Does powershell provide a mechanism to allow additional variadic behavior for this purpose?

Answer 1

After seeing your comment, option 3 sounds like exactly what you want.

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You have a few options:

1. Use $args (credit to hjpotter92's answer)

2. Explicitly define your additional parameters, then parse them all in your function to add them to your perl call.

3. Use a single parameter with the ValueFromRemainingArguments argument, e.g.

   function global:Test-Multi {
       Param(
           [string]$Suite,
           [parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments = $true)]
           [string[]]$Passthrough
           )
       & perl -S "$Suite\runall.pl" -procs:$env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS @Passthrough
   }