Multiple errors running PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1

[dburkland]

At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:687 char:123

• ... mdevice.Backing.fileName) ($($vmdevice.CapacityInKB/1024/1024) GB)"))
• ~~ Unexpected token 'GB' in expression or statement. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:687 char:122
• ... mdevice.Backing.fileName) ($($vmdevice.CapacityInKB/1024/1024) GB)"))
• ~ Missing closing ')' in expression. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:43 char:7
• {
• ~ Missing closing '}' in statement block or type definition. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:41 char:3
• {
• ~ Missing closing '}' in statement block or type definition. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:31 char:142
• ... ntinue)) -and (!(get-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -ListAvailable))) {
• ~ Missing closing '}' in statement block or type definition. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:687 char:125
• ... mdevice.Backing.fileName) ($($vmdevice.CapacityInKB/1024/1024) GB)"))
• ~ Unexpected token ')' in expression or statement. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:698 char:47
• $VMDKDropDownBox.Items.Add("No virtual disks found" ...
• ~~ Unexpected token 'No' in expression or statement. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:721 char:130
• ... viceName.substring(14,32)) ($($vmdevice.CapacityInKB/1024/1024) GB)")
• ~~ Unexpected token 'GB' in expression or statement. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:721 char:129
• ... viceName.substring(14,32)) ($($vmdevice.CapacityInKB/1024/1024) GB)")
• ~ Missing closing ')' in expression. At Z:\dburkland\Dropbox\Scripts\powershell\PureStorageVMwareStorageTool.ps1:721 char:132
• ... viceName.substring(14,32)) ($($vmdevice.CapacityInKB/1024/1024) GB)")
• ~ Unexpected token ')' in expression or statement. Not all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try again.
  • CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken

[Janachara]

Hello!

I receive these same error message when I just copy and paste scrips from each PowerShell script's page on GitHub into my text editor of choice. I do not receive them when I click the 'Raw' button first, though.

When you have a minute, maybe try clicking the 'Raw' button first, copy and paste the script from the raw page, and then see if the problem persists?

NOTE: I don't work for Pure Storage in any capacity. I'm just a very satisfied customer. :)

[codyhosterman]

Thankss @Janachara! Did that help, that would be my guess is what is wrong as well. I have a few issues I am looking at fixing in this tool. Though I am planning on likely retiring it in favor of my PS module I have written

[ourNCTapps]

I have having the exact same errors and have tried both a copy and paste in Notepad++ and clicking the RAW button

[dburkland]

Same here, tried using Visual Studio Code as well (no luck).

[codyhosterman]

So I have figured out the root of this problem, it has to do with formatting when copy/pasting. If you copy it into something like Notepad first, then save it, it works fine. If you paste it directly into VS Code or something that preserves formatting it will fail. I am not quite sure why but this workaround does resolve this issue.

With that being said using the GitHub tools to clone/download the repo is the best option. Or something like wget to get a single file.