[(NOT A)BUG]Double Quotes and RunCommand Parameter

[death.crafter]

I could see this being an issue worth dealing with though, as this would be a problem:

Parameter=Write-Host 'I "need" this displayed'

Exactly!

In fact what brought this up is:

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[GetVolume]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=Powershell
Parameter=$null=Get-Volume; ((Get-Volume).GetEnumerator() | %{($_.DriveLetter)+'='+$($_.FileSystemType)}) -join '|'
OutputType=ANSI

The original parameter was:
$null=Get-Volume; ((Get-Volume).GetEnumerator() | %{"($_.DriveLetter)=$($_.FileSystemType)"}) -join '|'.

I had to count the characters to find out the error lmao.

I know I did a dumb thing. I could have just looked at the column index in vscode

[jsmorley]

So it seem to me that the current rule is to use single quotes rather than double quotes as delimiters on a Parameter option to PowerShell in RunCommand, and if you need to pass a literal double quote, \" escape it.

[death.crafter]

So it seem to me that the current rule is to use single quotes rather than double quotes as delimiters on a Parameter option to PowerShell in RunCommand, and if you need to pass a literal double quote, \" escape it.

Hmm, escaping \" seems to work.

[Brian]

Run command doesn't change any text from the Parameter or Program options. By best guess is how quotes are interpreted by Windows - or more importantly, how parameters are sent to programs.

Take this for example:

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Program=powershell.exe
Parameter=echo "I need this displayed"

What is sent to Windows is : powershell.exe "echo "I need this displayed""
The first parameter sent is: echo (with a trailing space)
The second parameter is: I
The third parameter is: need
etc.

This is why there is a CRLF after each word.


So the answer to this specific instance, is to use escaped quotes or single quotes (which Powershell will interpret correctly, but other programs may not).

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Program=powershell.exe
Parameter=""echo \"I need this displayed\"""

or this:

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Program=powershell.exe
Parameter=""echo 'I need this displayed'""

Note, I added double quotes "" on the Parameter options since Rainmeter will strip off leading and trailing quotes.

-Brian

[jsmorley]

The distinction is that in the PS UI, it's all and only parsed by PS. With RunCommand, it is first parsed by Windows, then passed to PS as a command line. Windows has it's own arcane rules about double quotes on the command line. It's Windows, and not Rainmeter or RunCommand or PowerShell, that is borking the double quotes.

So the rule is to use single quotes rather than double quotes as delimiters in a Parameter option to PowerShell in RunCommand, and if you need to pass a literal double quote, \" escape it.

Parameter=Write-Host 'I \"need\" this displayed'

I "need" this displayed

[death.crafter]

Ahh makes sense.

Guess it was not a bug after all. Tho docs should cover it.