Visual Studio Code tasks.json issue with path in powershell

Question

I have an addon that runs a command everytime I hit save. I get the following error when I try to run a batch file on save:

The command autopush.bat was not found, but does exist in the current location. Windows PowerShell does not load commands from the current location by default. If you trust this command, instead type: ".\autopush.bat". See "get-help about_Command_Precedence" for more details.

My settings.json file:

{
    "saveAndRun": {
        "commands": [
          {
            "match": ".*",
            "cmd": "autopush.bat",
            "useShortcut": false,
            "silent": false
          }
        ]
      }
}

I am not sure about how I can add a dot and backslash to "autostart.bat"

I tried with ".\b autostart.bat" but it didn't work.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 19 '19 at 13:07

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My bad, I used the wrong escape character. I had to use .\\autostart.bat as described here: How to escape special characters in building a JSON string?

\b  Backspace (ascii code 08)
\f  Form feed (ascii code 0C)
\n  New line
\r  Carriage return
\t  Tab
\"  Double quote
\\  Backslash character

edited Jun 19 '19 at 13:07

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Visual Studio Code tasks.json issue with path in powershell

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