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Invoking an executable from PowerShell with a dynamic number of parameters

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Paul Stovell
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488
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5
Language
English
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Summary

Paul Stovell's guide demonstrates how to call an executable from PowerShell, emphasizing the ease of passing arguments by using the ampersand (&). He illustrates the process with a C# executable and discusses how PowerShell can handle variables with spaces as single arguments. Stovell highlights the challenges of dynamically adding arguments and suggests using arrays to manage them effectively, showcasing a method that avoids common pitfalls. He also explores an edge case where a single string of arguments behaves differently, depending on how quotes are used, revealing PowerShell's nuanced behavior. Stovell's insights provide practical solutions for executing commands with complex arguments in PowerShell.

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