Bat echo output code PowerShell

Question

I have a bat script with this line :

echo ($a = (quser) -replace "\s{2,}" , ";" | Select-String -pattern console -notmatch | Select-string -pattern ID -notmatch)>>ScriptV3.ps1

but when I launch this line, my bat search to recognize pipe |, but here, pipe are to my PowerShell script.

How can I hidden this pipe for my batch script but i find this pipe in my PowerShell script.

Thank you !

PS : if I write :

echo "$a = (quser) -replace "\s{2,}" , ";" | Select-String -pattern console -notmatch | Select-string -pattern ID -notmatch">>ScriptV3.ps1

with quote, work in batch but doesn't work in PowerShell :(

Please review How to Ask and minimal reproducible example. It would have been easier on everyone if you had shown the resulting ps1 file and explained what you wanted it to contain. — jwdonahue
– jwdonahue, Commented Dec 23, 2017 at 23:58

npocmaka · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-23 22:51:02Z

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try with

echo ($a = (quser) -replace "\s{2,}" , ";" ^| Select-String -pattern console -notmatch ^| Select-string -pattern ID -notmatch)>>ScriptV3.ps1

pipe redirection is with higher priority than the echo and needs to be escaped.

answered Dec 23, 2017 at 22:47

npocmaka

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