az container create environment variables does not parse values with ampersand correctly

[moenkhaus]

I am attempting to pass in environment variables to az container create command. When a value has an ampersand contained within it, the environment variables cut out the remainder of the value and subsequent key/values that follow.

Environment

Powershell 5.1.16299.98
Azure Client 2.0 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest)

Powershell script

az container create --resource-group <resourceGroup>
--name --image <image>
--cpu 1 --memory 1
--registry-password --ip-address public
--ports `
--environment-variables Key1="value1&value2" Key2=value3

Current output

"containers": [
{
"command": null,
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "Key1",
"value": "value1"
}
]
..

Expected output

"containers": [
{
"command": null,
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "Key1",
"value": "value1&value2"
},
{
"name": "Key2",
"value": "value3"
},
]
..

Update #1

Also in the current output is the following error message, I presume due to again how it's parsing.

'Value2' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Do I need to escape the string somehow?

update 2

When running in interactive mode (without the "`" line breaks") the environment variables run as expected. I tried removing the line breaks in powershell just the same but am presented with the same error.

update 3

works in normal command prompt, issue appears restricted to powershell

[EstebanSmits]

Had issues with ampersand's myself today.
Try using the format :
az container create -e 'key:"value"'
A small write up is available here with my own personal error and results: http://daxmax.com/azure-cli-format-for-environment-variables-with-problematic-characters/

[tjprescott]

Ampersand is used as the call operator in Powershell. https://ss64.com/ps/call.html You need to escape the ampersand characters.

[stmax82]

@EstebanSmits are you sure it's -e 'key:"value"'?

I had to replace the colon with an equals sign to make it work:

Trying to set:

GF_DATABASE_URL=sqlite3://data/mygrafana.db?cache=private&mode=rwc&_journal_mode=WAL

requires:

-e 'GF_DATABASE_URL="sqlite3://data/mygrafana.db?cache=private&mode=rwc&_journal_mode=WAL"'