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Add note about quoteless arguments (#11389)
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description: Describes rules for using single and double quotation marks in PowerShell.
Locale: en-US
ms.date: 03/20/2024
ms.date: 09/04/2024
online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_quoting_rules?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
schema: 2.0.0
title: about_Quoting_Rules
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## Long description

When parsing, PowerShell first looks to interpret input as an expression. But
when a command invocation is encountered, parsing continues in argument mode.
Non-numeric arguments without quotes are treated as strings. If you have
arguments that contain spaces, such as paths, then you must enclose those
argument values in quotes. For more information about argument parsing, see the
**Argument mode** section of [about_Parsing][01].

Quotation marks are used to specify a literal string. You can enclose a string
in single quotation marks (`'`) or double quotation marks (`"`).

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## See also

- [about_Parsing][01]
- [about_Special_Characters][04]
- [ConvertFrom-StringData][05]

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[01]: about_Parsing.md
[01]: about_Parsing.md#argument-mode
[02]: about_Parsing.md#passing-arguments-that-contain-quote-characters
[03]: about_preference_variables.md#ofs
[04]: about_Special_Characters.md
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