I have a batch script that looks like this:

Test.bat

@echo off:: Starts a PowerShell session that starts a PowerShell process with administrator privilegespowershell -noprofile -command "&{$process = start-process powershell -ArgumentList '-noprofile -noexit -file GetTools.ps1' -verb RunAs -PassThru;$process.WaitForExit();}"

I would like to split up the code inside the "&{ ... }" over multiple line for readability.

This post says that using a trailing backtick should do the trick, but when I write:

powershell -noprofile -command "&{`    $process = start-process powershell -ArgumentList '-noprofile -noexit -file GetTools.ps1' -verb RunAs -PassThru;`    $process.WaitForExit();`}"

...that is, I end each line with a trailing backtick, then I get the following error:

Incomplete string token.At line:1 char:4+ &{` <<<<    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (`:String) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : IncompleteString'$process' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.'$process.WaitForExit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.'}"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.

What am I doing wrong?

SOLUTION:

powershell -noprofile -command "&{"^    "$process = start-process powershell -ArgumentList '-noprofile -noexit -file C:\Dev\Powershell\Sandbox.ps1' -verb RunAs -PassThru;"^    "$process.WaitForExit();"^    "}"

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