PowerShell is missing the terminator: "

Question

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.ps1:19 char:55
+ unzipRelease â?"Src '$ReleaseFile' -Dst '$Destination' <<<<
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (Src `'$ReleaseF...'$Destination`':String) [], ParseException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TerminatorExpectedAtEndOfString

I couldn't find the fix as I do not see any problem.

Any help?

Answer 1

Look closely at the two dashes in

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

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