Why does powershell -c 'write-output "foo bar"' print its output on two lines?

Question

When I invoke powershell with the -c command line parameter and a write-output "foo bar" command, the words are printed on separate lines:

PS> powershell -c 'write-output "foo bar"' 
foo
bar

When I execute the following line, it prints both words on the same line, which is what I expected for the above command as well:

powershell -c 'cmd /c echo foo bar'
foo bar

I don't understand what makes the word printed on separate lines.

stackoverflow.com/questions/68136128/… search for -Command: "but in the end PowerShell simply joins them together with spaces, after having stripped (unescaped) double quotes on Windows, before interpreting the resulting string as PowerShell code". You would just need to double down on the double quotes on your first example. — Santiago Squarzon
– Santiago Squarzon, Commented Jan 24, 2022 at 14:14

DSSO21 · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-24 14:49:40Z

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As Santiago Squarzon said, this should work in Powershell

PS> powershell -c "write-output 'foo bar'"
foo bar

answered Jan 24, 2022 at 14:49

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