Vista Tutorial - Passing parameters to PS script and escaping spaces

I have written a PS script which requires two parameters to be passed in: one
folder name and one number. If I open a PS console I can execute the script
like this:

c:\myscript.ps1 "c:\my folder\" 1

I am now trying to run this script from a standard cmd console like this:

powershell -command c:\myscript.ps1 "c:\my folder\" 1

However the quotes don't seem to work and the script thinks it is getting 3
parameters passed.

How do I launch a script and pass parameters which may include spaces? Out
of interest, how would I launch it if the path to the script also contains a
space, eg:

"c:\my folder\myscript.ps1" "c:\my folder\" 1

After playing around a bit I found this seems to work:

powershell -command "& 'c:\my script.ps1' 'c:\my folder\' 1"

Are there any other "better" ways?


"James" wrote:

> I have written a PS script which requires two parameters to be passed in: one
> folder name and one number. If I open a PS console I can execute the script
> like this:
>
> c:\myscript.ps1 "c:\my folder\" 1
>
> I am now trying to run this script from a standard cmd console like this:
>
> powershell -command c:\myscript.ps1 "c:\my folder\" 1
>
> However the quotes don't seem to work and the script thinks it is getting 3
> parameters passed.
>
> How do I launch a script and pass parameters which may include spaces? Out
> of interest, how would I launch it if the path to the script also contains a
> space, eg:
>
> "c:\my folder\myscript.ps1" "c:\my folder\" 1

Try this
powershell -noprofile -command c:\tools\scripts\test.ps1 {"c:\my folder\"} 1

"James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have written a PS script which requires two parameters to be passed in:
>one
> folder name and one number. If I open a PS console I can execute the
> script
> like this:
>
> c:\myscript.ps1 "c:\my folder\" 1
>
> I am now trying to run this script from a standard cmd console like this:
>
> powershell -command c:\myscript.ps1 "c:\my folder\" 1
>
> However the quotes don't seem to work and the script thinks it is getting
> 3
> parameters passed.
>
> How do I launch a script and pass parameters which may include spaces?
> Out
> of interest, how would I launch it if the path to the script also contains
> a
> space, eg:
>
> "c:\my folder\myscript.ps1" "c:\my folder\" 1