CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user2892468
user2892468

Reputation: 1

Escaping PowerShell Special Characters

I have this PowerShell string:

"/qP9O7BayvZAoAqg5sTHzmHAQ3Ghv1E+mFkoYDa6tG8keQU2pzPYvpVE6i3MIT7e+k0QQafHpvFMFz2um7xTMQ=="

which I have escaped as follows:

"\/qP9O7BayvZAoAqg5sTHzmHAQ3Ghv1E\+mFkoYDa6tG8keQU2pzPYvpVE6i3MIT7e\+k0QQafHpvFMFz2um7xTMQ=="

But the string is not being acccepted. It's ok when pasted in ". Not sure what I am missing?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3841

Answers (1)

FoxDeploy
FoxDeploy

Reputation: 13567

Strings in PowerShell always must be surrounded in either single or double quotes. The difference between the two is whether or not you want to substitute variables.

Imagine this:

$name = 'Stephen'
Write-output "Hello $name"
Write-Output 'Hello $name'

The output of this would be the following:

Hello Stephen
Hello $name

Use double quotes when you want to substitute or expand variables, and use single-quotes when you want to present text exactly as you list it.

Upvotes: 1

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