Powershell error with command call multline - Missing expression after unary operator '-'

Question

I called the following command using backreferences to put parameters on separate lines

Create-WebSite -Name $targetWebSite ` 
    -Location $targetWebSiteDir

However, this returns the following error:

- <<<< Location $targetWebSiteDir ` [<<==>>] Exception: Missing expression after unary operator '-'.

Any ideas what the problem is?

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Castrohenge 20 Aug 14 at 10:03

1 answer

Castrohenge · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-20T10:03:41+0000

It turned out to be caused by the space after the backspace character (`).

So,

Create-WebSite -Name $targetWebSite ` <- SPACE HERE
    -Location $targetWebSiteDir

became

Create-WebSite -Name $targetWebSite `<- NO SPACE
    -Location $targetWebSiteDir

Once I removed all the space everything works correctly.