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I am trying to pass a file name that has a space to npm script. For example, if the file name is "A B.text", when I try to run the following command npm start "A B.txt" in Powershell, somehow the argument becomes ^A^ B.txt^ when I check the argument in the process object. If I add write file name directly in package.json in the following format instead of passing it from Powershell, I get the expected name in the argument array.

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"start": "node ./dist/main.js \"A B.txt\""
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I have tried using escape character (`) but it does not seem to work.

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  • sounds like you need the stop parsing character (--%). Try npm start --% "A B.txt" Commented Aug 24, 2023 at 19:38
  • How do you run it in Powershell? Commented Aug 24, 2023 at 20:48
  • --% does not seem to work. I run npm start "A B.txt" Commented Aug 24, 2023 at 21:56
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