passing path to SqlCmd within powershell script

Question

I\'m trying to write a powershell script which will execute sqlcmd.exe to run a sql script. The script contains a SQLCMD variable which I want to pass in on the command line via

Answer 1

finally worked it out. for the next sucker to try this here is the solution

powershell script looks like

$myPath = "`"C:\Path`"" 
sqlcmd.exe -SmySQLInstance -i./test.sql -v myvar=$myPath

my test.sql file can then use the variable like this

PRINT "$(myvar)"

the key here is understanding how powershell does escape characters. More info on that here