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Asked: 2026-05-29T06:05:12+00:00

I am creating a string that I would like to pass to the bcp

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I am creating a string that I would like to pass to the bcp command from within a PowerShell script. Here is the code that creates the string

$fullFilePath = (pwd).path + "\$db.$table" + ".dat"
$copyExecString = "bcp $db.$table out $fullFilePath -E -N -Slocalhost"

I can paste the Write-host result of this into a command prompt and it runs just fine, but it won’t work as follows:

$fullFilePath = (pwd).path + "\$db.$table" + ".dat"
$copyExecString = "$db.$table out $fullFilePath -E -N -Slocalhost"
bcp $copyExecString

I also tried using the ampersand character before calling the bcp command, but to no avail

Any ideas on how to achieve this functionality would be greatly appreciated

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  1. Editorial Team

    you can use Invoke-Expression cmdlet to ensure that you parse what you want to execute prior to execution:

    Invoke-Expression "bcp $copyExecString"
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