[GROOVY-5113] Windows -e option fails when reserved characters are used in the script

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.8, 1.8.3
• Component/s: command line processing
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Rob Elsner
• Created: 02/Nov/11 13:27
• Updated: 04/Jan/22 16:53

Description

bin\groovy -e "System.properties.each{ k,v -> println(k + ': ' + v) }"

org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
script_from_command_line: 1: unexpected token: k @ line 1, column 25.
   System.properties.each{ k,v - + ': ' + v) }

Caused by the > character not being properly escaped somehow.