Calling PowerShell from Python using Notepad++

Question

I thought it might be time to start using PowerShell instead of cmd . I currently run Python scripts from Notepad++ with the following commnad:

cmd /c cd "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)" &python -i "$(FILE_NAME)"

How should I modify this to get the same behaviour in PowerShell please?

I tried

powershell -noexit cd "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)" &python -i "$(FILE_NAME)"

but I got an error about ampersands. I know very little about PowerShell or cmd in general - I just use them to run my Python scripts.

Answer 1

After a bit more digging I found a solution:

powershell -noexit cd '$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)'; python -i '$(FILE_NAME)'

PowerShell seems to prefer single quotes for paths so I wrapped $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY) and $(FILE_NAME) in single quotes.

Also, & is replaced by ; for multiple commands.

If there is a more "correct" way of doing this, please let me know.