PowerShell: APOSTROPHE Quoted String (verbatim)

Single Quoted (Verbatim String)

Character sequence between APOSTROPHE ' is verbatim string.

• Can contain multiple lines.
• Backslash is literal, GRAVE ACCENT ` also literal.

$x = 'some
thing'

Write-Host $x

How to Embed a APOSTROPHE

To include a APOSTROPHE inside APOSTROPHE quoted string, use two APOSTROPHE.

'don''t'
# don't

• 🛑 WARNING:
• in argument of regex replacement operator, $1 in single quoted string means capture still.
• PowerShell: Regular Expression Operators