From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 07:52:44 -0700 (PDT), paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Running the following from cmd.exe appears to do nothing. No output. No   
   error message.   
   >   
   > C:>powershell -NoProfile -Command "& { Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:/src/t/' ^|   
   Remove-Item -Recurse -WhatIf }"   
   >   
   > Removing the invocation operator appears to simply make the command be   
   printed.   
   >   
   > C:>powershell -NoProfile -Command "{ Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:/src/t/' ^|   
   Remove-Item -Recurse -WhatIf }"   
   >  Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:/src/t/' ^| Remove-Item -Recurse -WhatIf   
   >   
   > The pipe (VERTICAL BAR) character is escaped. What's going on here?   
      
   Because the escape character (^) is within double-quotes. The escape   
   character is passed as is to the PowerShell's command line. Thus the actual   
   command executed in PowerShell is:   
      
   & { Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:/src/t/' ^| Remove-Item -Recurse -WhatIf }   
      
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