In Powershell, Invoke-expression is not working when entering space in the path

Question

I have a query like when I try to execute the expression which contains a path with space, I am getting an error as below.

Code:

$path="E:\Test\My space\Log"
Invoke-Expression $path 

E:\Test\My: The term 'E:\test\My' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ E:\Test\My space\Log
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (E:\Test\My :String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Could you please help me to fix this issue.?

That's the equivalent of just entering `E:\Test\My space\Log` into the console and hitting enter - what did you expect was going to happen? — Mathias R. Jessen, Aug 03 '17 at 15:02
Any path will have to be put into quotes so the above would look like `Invoke-expression "$path"` — Jason Snell, Aug 03 '17 at 15:12
You don't need `Invoke-Expression`. `& $path` will work just fine. — Bill_Stewart, Aug 03 '17 at 19:00
Thanks for your input Friends. I will check it out. Regret for the delayed reply. — Bharathi, Aug 08 '17 at 12:10

iRon · Answer 1 · 2017-08-03T18:33:49.843

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Use single quotes and a backtick (grave accent) to escape the space:

$path='E:\Test\My` space\Log'
Invoke-Expression $path

Or programmed:

$path="E:\Test\My space\Log"
Invoke-Expression ($path -Replace ' ', '` ')

edited Aug 03 '17 at 18:33

answered Aug 03 '17 at 17:26

iRon

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This doesn't address the problem which is a fundamental understanding issue – Maximilian Burszley Aug 03 '17 at 17:48
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You are right, there is probably a fundamental understanding issue here but it does answer the question: *"Could you please help me to fix this issue.?"* – iRon Aug 03 '17 at 18:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '17 at 02:34

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You should be able to just call

& $path

I think Invoke-Expression basically just types your value into the shell at face value.

answered Aug 04 '17 at 02:34

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In Powershell, Invoke-expression is not working when entering space in the path

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