windows - Problems getting correct output in Powershell -

i'm trying make powershell script ask user input service name, run through get-service, , show result user.

for example, if user enter vmtools show:

status      name      displayname ------      ----      ----------- running     vmtools   vmware tools 

this code:

write-host "enter service name" $servicename = read-host $result = get-service $servicename write-output "$result"  

however, outputs: system.serviceprocess.servicecontroller

that because when add quotation marks around types of variables, outputs variable type, not actual contents of variable. therefore, removing quotation marks on variable output fix problem. replace last line this:

write-output $result