CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershellpowershell-5.0
David
David

Reputation: 961

String Only For oddly formatted password

Ok, I have a lot of passwords that are oddly formatted that needs to be passed a raw string. I know to use the ' to force any $ from activating. However, some of these passwords have ' inside of them. So, How would I go about raw stringing them data? Example of one of the passwords I am struggling with:

|4255a7]'KbuSkaiC$^&#{/d}nV41L8#*B?,3pevv

Notice the $^ This will trigger "userpassword" to appear inside the script. If I use a ' at the front, it stops at the ' before the K. Any ideas what to do?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 24

Answers (1)

Doug Maurer
Doug Maurer

Reputation: 8868

Normally you'd escape special characters with a backtick. However for single quote just double it up.

'|4255a7]''KbuSkaiC$^&#{/d}nV41L8#*B?,3pevv'

Output

|4255a7]'KbuSkaiC$^&#{/d}nV41L8#*B?,3pevv

Note that if you're taking input from a user say with Read-Host - they do not need to escape it.

$var = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter Password"
Enter Password: |4255a7]'KbuSkaiC$^&#{/d}nV41L8#*B?,3pevv

$var
|4255a7]'KbuSkaiC$^&#{/d}nV41L8#*B?,3pevv

Upvotes: 1

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