Custom function to check if a service exist

hi

i wrote custom function check if service exists, make return true or false, return value si passed onto variable work with.

function isserviceexist   		{  			param ([string] $remotehost , [string] $servicename)  			write-output "remotehost=$remotehost, servicename=$servicename"		  			$s=$null  			$s=get-wmiobject win32_service -computername $remotehost | {($_.name -like $servicename)}| select state  			  			#write-host "value of s $s"  			  			if ($s -eq $null)  			{  				write-host "returning false"                  $status = $false                  return $false  			}  				  			else  			{                  write-host "returning true"  				#return $true                  $status = $true                  return $true  			}	  		}  		  

the problem return value entire string.

running

		$s = false;  				$s = (isserviceexist "servername" "servicename")  		write-host "status of install $s"  

returns strong of parameters passed function , boolean of true or false, need return true or false. think doing wrong.

too code:

(get-wmiobject win32_service -computername$remotehost  -filter "name like '%$servicename%'").state -eq 'running'

that returns true or false , returns 1 object - not every object on computer.

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