PS C:\Users\Administrator> cat C:\ranl.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
cat c:\dummy | Get-NetIPAddress
Write-Host 'We should never get here'
PS C:\Users\Administrator> echo dummy > c:\dummy
PS C:\Users\Administrator> C:\ranl.ps1
Get-NetIPAddress : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of the parameters that take pipeline input.
At C:\ranl.ps1:2 char:16
+ cat c:\dummy | Get-NetIPAddress
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (dummy:PSObject) [Get-NetIPAddress], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,Get-NetIPAddress
We should never get here
PS C:\Users\Administrator>