Problem using pica filter in Powershell (Win10)

[jaohbib]

I run the latest i686-pc-windows-msvc release (v0.24.0)

i use the following command in PowerShell
.\pica.exe filter -s '[email protected] == "118540238"' .\kxp.gz -o goethe.dat2
I receive the folowing error error: invalid record matcher (got [email protected] == 118540238)
The used command is an example provided by https://deutsche-nationalbibliothek.github.io/pica-rs/book/referenz/kommandos/filter.html

I switched to Linux version of pica-rs where this command works as expected
Is this a user error on my part ? is the windows build functioning ?

[nwagner84]

Hi,

can you try switching from single- to double-quotes:

.\pica.exe filter -s "[email protected] == '118540238'" .\kxp.gz -o goethe.dat2

I recently discovered that the handling of single-/double-quotes in windows is different than linux.

Update:

Single-quoted strings are interpreted literally by PowerShell. It's necessary to double the quotation-marks in a single quoted string. The following command worked as expected:

.\pica.exe filter -s '[email protected] == ""118540238""' .\kxp.gz -o goethe.dat2

I'm going to update the documentation this week and add a note about when to use which quote-style.

See also: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_quoting_rules?view=powershell-7.4

NB: Please note that there is also a problem with pica-rs and PowerShell: #371 . I recommend using Linux or cmd.exe.

[jaohbib]

maybe WSL would be the better option for Pica-rs on Windows Win 7 and 8 are EOL WSL is available in Win 10/11