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12-06-2007
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| | Invoke-Expression executing a command with spaces I got confused with using quotes in invoke-expression command. I am trying to run the following command from powershell..The command takes a parameter t - template path "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample App\Fscstarter.exe" t "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Templates Dir\template.fdb" Tried different approaches but get either a token not found exception or invalid expression error. $templatePath = "$env:SystemDrive:\Templates Dir" Invoke-Expression "`"$env:SystemDrive\Program Files\Sample App\Fscstarter.exe`" t $templatePath\template.fdb" Could someone help point out the bleeding obvious mistake i am making? |
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12-06-2007
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| | Re: Invoke-Expression executing a command with spaces Doe's this work? & "$env  rogramfiles\Sample App\Fscstarter.exe" t "$env:SystemDrive\TemplatesDir" ----- Shay Levi $cript Fanatic http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Hebrew weblog: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic Quote: > I got confused with using quotes in invoke-expression command. > I am trying to run the following command from powershell..The command > takes > a parameter t - template path > "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample App\Fscstarter.exe" t > "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Templates Dir\template.fdb" > Tried different approaches but get either a token not found exception > or invalid expression error. > > $templatePath = "$env:SystemDrive:\Templates Dir" Invoke-Expression > "`"$env:SystemDrive\Program Files\Sample App\Fscstarter.exe`" t > $templatePath\template.fdb" > > Could someone help point out the bleeding obvious mistake i am making? > |
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12-06-2007
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| | Re: Invoke-Expression executing a command with spaces "Ashish" <Ashish@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F936BC9A-AB6B-4D09-BF86-3641925A9635@xxxxxx Quote: >I got confused with using quotes in invoke-expression command. > I am trying to run the following command from powershell..The command > takes > a parameter t - template path > "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample App\Fscstarter.exe" t > "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Templates Dir\template.fdb" > > Tried different approaches but get either a token not found exception or > invalid expression error. > > $templatePath = "$env:SystemDrive:\Templates Dir" > Invoke-Expression "`"$env:SystemDrive\Program Files\Sample > App\Fscstarter.exe`" t $templatePath\template.fdb" > > Could someone help point out the bleeding obvious mistake i am making? This article may also help - discusses the use of single quotes versus double quotes with invoke-expression .... Remoting Quoting http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...h/quoting.mspx -- Jon |
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12-06-2007
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| | Re: Invoke-Expression executing a command with spaces Hello Ashish, You should read this article by Keith Hill, particularly the part that explains the why the call operator (&) is necessary to invoke an application from a path that has spaces: http://keithhill.spaces.live.com/Blo...A97!6058.entry -- Kirk Munro Poshoholic http://poshoholic.com "Ashish" <Ashish@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F936BC9A-AB6B-4D09-BF86-3641925A9635@xxxxxx Quote: >I got confused with using quotes in invoke-expression command. > I am trying to run the following command from powershell..The command > takes > a parameter t - template path > "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample App\Fscstarter.exe" t > "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Templates Dir\template.fdb" > > Tried different approaches but get either a token not found exception or > invalid expression error. > > $templatePath = "$env:SystemDrive:\Templates Dir" > Invoke-Expression "`"$env:SystemDrive\Program Files\Sample > App\Fscstarter.exe`" t $templatePath\template.fdb" > > Could someone help point out the bleeding obvious mistake i am making? |
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12-06-2007
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| | Re: Invoke-Expression executing a command with spaces Thanks Shay,Jon and Kirk..The articles were indeed helpful  And yeah, Shay's suggestion works for me. "Kirk Munro" wrote: Quote: > Hello Ashish, > > You should read this article by Keith Hill, particularly the part that > explains the why the call operator (&) is necessary to invoke an application > from a path that has spaces: > http://keithhill.spaces.live.com/Blo...A97!6058.entry > > -- > Kirk Munro > Poshoholic > http://poshoholic.com > > > "Ashish" <Ashish@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:F936BC9A-AB6B-4D09-BF86-3641925A9635@xxxxxx Quote: > >I got confused with using quotes in invoke-expression command. > > I am trying to run the following command from powershell..The command > > takes > > a parameter t - template path > > "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample App\Fscstarter.exe" t > > "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Templates Dir\template.fdb" > > > > Tried different approaches but get either a token not found exception or > > invalid expression error. > > > > $templatePath = "$env:SystemDrive:\Templates Dir" > > Invoke-Expression "`"$env:SystemDrive\Program Files\Sample > > App\Fscstarter.exe`" t $templatePath\template.fdb" > > > > Could someone help point out the bleeding obvious mistake i am making? > > |
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