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g.pickardou
g.pickardou

Reputation: 35843

How to use Pipe (|) in powershell -Command ...?

I would like to execute powershell commands from a Windows console commandline. My method is:

c:\>powershell -Command mypowershellstatment1;mypowershellstatment1;etc

Issue:

In case if a complex powershell command contains powershell pipe operator, then it seems that Windows console interprets it, instead of passing it literally as parameter to the powershell executable.

For example:

c:\>powershell -Command mypowershellstatment1 | anything;mypowershellstatment1;etc

gives the standard console error message "'anything' is not recognized as an internal or external command" operable program or batch file.

Question

How to overcome this issue?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1828

Answers (2)

Mathias R. Jessen
Mathias R. Jessen

Reputation: 174485

Since | has a similar function in cmd, you need to escape it.

In cmd, the appropriate escape sequence would be ^|:

C:\>powershell -Command Get-Something ^| Do-Something

Upvotes: 3

FletcherF1
FletcherF1

Reputation: 187

powershell "command1 | command2 | command3... | commandN-1 | commandN"

Upvotes: -1

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