How to write .CMD files from PowerShell?

Question

How does one write to a valid .CMD (or .BAT) file from PowerShell? I\'m using the > operator but cmd.exe can\'t execute the files I create.

Answer 1

Set-Content bar.cmd '@set BAR=1' -Encoding ASCII

PowerShell will default to UTF-16 LE.

Short version.

sc bar.cmd '@set BAR=1' -en ASCII