PowerShell is missing the terminator: "

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I have the following script code ``` #[string]$password = $( Read-Host "Input password, please" ) param ( [string]$ReleaseFile = $(throw "-ReleaseFile is required"), [string]$Destination = $(throw "-Destination is required") ) function unzipRelease($src, $dst) { $shell = new-object -com shell.application $zip = $shell.NameSpace($src) foreach($item in $zip.items()) { $shell.Namespace($dst).copyhere($item) } } # .\deployrelease.ps1 -ReleaseFile ".\deploy.zip" -Destination "." unzipRelease –Src '$ReleaseFile' -Dst '$Destination' ``` I run the script with: .\deployrelease.ps1 -ReleaseFile ".\deploy.zip" -Destination "." But I keep getting this: ``` PS C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Tools> .\deployrelease.ps1 -ReleaseFile ".\deploy.zip" -Destination The string starting: At C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Tools\deployrelease.ps1:19 char:16 + unzipRelease â? <<<< "Src '$ReleaseFile' -Dst '$Destination' is missing the terminator: ". At C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Tools\deployrelease.p…

Accepted Answer

Look closely at the two dashes in

```
unzipRelease –Src '$ReleaseFile' -Dst '$Destination'
```

This first one is not a normal dash but an en-dash (`&ndash;` in HTML). Replace that with the dash found before `Dst`.

PowerShell is missing the terminator: "

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