Powershell how to pass parameter with special characters - powershell

Question

I'm trying to pass a variable to powershell script as parameter. Variable has some special characters and the call to ps1 script fails.
Here I just created a sample to show the problem.
PS C:\>$pass1 = '?q$*9-W$wcx)O.Ra)X-&6'
PS C:\>powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command 'echo '$pass1''
ERROR:
At line:1 char:26
+ echo ?q$*9s8ubhD8c-W$wcx)O.Ra9)DX-D&6
+ ~
Unexpected token ')' in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:32
+ echo ?q$*9s8ubhD8c-W$wcx)O.Ra9)DX-D&6
+ ~
Unexpected token ')' in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:37
+ echo ?q$*9s8ubhD8c-W$wcx)O.Ra9)DX-D&6
+ ~
The ampersand (&) character is not allowed. The & operator is reserved for future use; wrap an ampersand in double quotation
marks ("&") to pass it as part of a string.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken
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Answer 1

Your script has a syntax error, it doesn't appear to be a problem with the actual value of the parameter/variable.
This is the line that has a syntax error:
powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command 'echo '$pass1''
This is where your problem is:
'echo '$pass1''
You're actually passing 3 things here...
'echo '
$pass1
''
The second single quote is exiting the string.
You need to alternate between single and double strings depending on how you need to use them:
$pass1 = '?q$*9-W$wcx)O.Ra)X-&6'
powershell -Command "echo '$pass1'"