windows-shell-reliability

skill_id	engineering.devops.bash.windows_shell_reliability
name	windows-shell-reliability
description	**v00.33.0**: Ingested from antigravity-awesome-skills community repo
version	v00.33.0
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diff_link	diffs/v00_36_0/OPP-133_skill_normalizer
executor	LLM_BEHAVIOR

Windows Shell Reliability Patterns

Best practices for running commands on Windows via PowerShell and CMD.

When to Use

Use this skill when developing or debugging scripts and automation that run on Windows systems, especially when involving file paths, character encoding, or standard CLI tools.

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1. Encoding & Redirection

CRITICAL: Redirection Differences Across PowerShell Versions

Older Windows PowerShell releases can rewrite native-command output in ways that break later processing. PowerShell 7.4+ preserves the byte stream when redirecting stdout, so only apply the UTF-8 conversion workaround when you are dealing with older shell behavior or a log file that is already unreadable.

Problem	Symptom	Solution
dotnet > log.txt	view_file fails in older Windows PowerShell	`Get-Content log.txt
npm run > log.txt	Need a UTF-8 text log with errors included	`npm run ... 2>&1

Rule: Prefer native redirection as-is on PowerShell 7.4+, and use explicit UTF-8 conversion only when older Windows PowerShell redirection produces an unreadable log.

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2. Handling Paths & Spaces

CRITICAL: Quoting

Windows paths often contain spaces.

❌ Wrong	✅ Correct
dotnet build src/my project/file.fsproj	dotnet build "src/my project/file.fsproj"
& C:\Path With Spaces\bin.exe	& "C:\Path With Spaces\bin.exe"

Rule: Always quote absolute and relative paths that may contain spaces.

The Call Operator (&)

In PowerShell, if an executable path starts with a quote, you MUST use the & operator.

Pattern:

& "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe" build ...

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3. Common Binary & Cmdlet Pitfalls

Action	❌ CMD Style	✅ PowerShell Choice
Delete