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Json on the Powershell command line
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json.ps1
# Run some program that needs to supply valid json strings (that contain `"`)
# note the use of backtick to escape newlines
# AND NOTE that from --% onwards the backtick no longer works. It must be on one line!
# This information helped me
# https://ss64.com/ps/syntax-esc.html
& 'C:\Program Files\<app>\<program>.exe' `
arg1 arg2 `
--% "{""key1"":""value1""},{""key2"":""value2""}"
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