How do I pass a literal double quote from PowerShell to a native command?

Question

I\'d like to print a string literal in AWK / gawk using the PowerShell command line (the specific program is unimportant). However, I think I misunderstand the quoting rules

Answer 1

Quoting rules can get confusing when you're calling commands directly from PowerShell. Instead, I regularly recommend that people use the Start-Process cmdlet, along with its -ArgumentList parameter.

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath awk.exe -ArgumentList 'BEING {print "Hello"}' -RedirectStandardOutput ('{0}\awk.log' -f $env:USERPROFILE);

I don't have awk.exe (does that come from Cygwin?), but that line should work for you.