Windows / PowerShell

PowerShell String Escaper

This tool helps escape strings correctly for PowerShell. It creates variants for single-quoted strings, double-quoted strings and here-strings, and shows warnings for dollar signs, backticks, line breaks and here-string terminators.

Create PowerShell strings

Paste text, paths, JSON, arguments or code fragments. The output is generated locally in your browser and is not sent to a server.

Input text

Useful for paths, API parameters, JSON fragments, log text and longer script text.

Output type

Line breaks

Escape dollar signs in double-quoted strings Escape backticks in double-quoted strings Show short comments in the output

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PowerShell output

The output is a copy template. Review commands before running them, especially paths, administrator rights and scripts.

Output overview

Quick orientation

Single quotes are often the safest choice for literal text because variables are not expanded.
Double quotes are useful when PowerShell should expand variables or interpret escape sequences.
Here-strings are useful for multiline text, JSON, script blocks or long templates.
Paths with spaces belong in quotes. For wildcard characters, -LiteralPath can be the better choice.