Characters not allowed

[ctizz]

Hey all, when I try to run the script I receive two main errors, logged several times throughout.

Examples:

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. At C:\CRT\Get-CRTReport.ps1:197 char:190

• ... ata-ga-click="(Logged out) Header, go to Features">Features <span cla ...

The '<' operator is reserved for future use. At C:\CRT\Get-CRTReport.ps1:197 char:261

• ... ="Bump-link-symbol float-right text-normal text-gray-light">→</s ...

[csdr4]

Thanks for your feedback @ctizz; we've received a few others reporting similar issues, but have not been able to replicate it. Is there additional information you can provide on how you are running the script?

Also, please pull down the latest version and test again. We did make a few changes just a bit ago (though not specific to this).

[lefty44]

Hi, I have the same issue and pulled the script from 2021-01-15.

We have an ampersand in our business namn, that might be the issue?

Thanks

[ctizz]

All – I think this may have to do with how the script is downloaded or saved. I opened the script in ISE and saved It again locally, then I was able to run it without issue. This was regardless of the most recent script or a prior version. Thanks for the support here.

-Chris

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Hi, I have the same issue and pulled the script from 2021-01-15.

We have an ampersand in our business namn, that might be the issue?

Thanks

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[lefty44]

I still have the issue. I've tried:

Unblocked the file Opened file in ISE Opened file in ISE and copy/pasted into a completely new file

All same error message.

[PeterGiotech]

Having the same error.

Tried locally, opening and saving as fresh file, and invoking from web using following command: Invoke-WebRequest 'https://github.com/CrowdStrike/CRT/blob/main/Get-CRTReport.ps1' -OutFile 'Get-CRTReport.ps1' -UseBasicParsing; .\Get-CRTReport.ps1

Get this error output

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. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:194 char:190

• ... ata-ga-click="(Logged out) Header, go to Features">Features <span cla ...

•                                                             ~
  

The '<' operator is reserved for future use. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:194 char:261

• ... ="Bump-link-symbol float-right text-normal text-gray-light">→</s ...

•                                                             ~
  

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. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:208 char:255

• ... ogged out) Header, go to Customer stories">Customer stories <span cla ...

•                                                             ~
  

The '<' operator is reserved for future use. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:208 char:326

• ... ="Bump-link-symbol float-right text-normal text-gray-light">→</s ...

•                                                             ~
  

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. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:209 char:231

• ... ata-ga-click="(Logged out) Header, go to Security">Security <span cla ...

•                                                             ~
  

The '<' operator is reserved for future use. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:209 char:302

• ... ="Bump-link-symbol float-right text-normal text-gray-light">→</s ...

•                                                             ~
  

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. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:232 char:222

• ... a-click="(Logged out) Header, go to Explore">Explore GitHub <span cla ...

•                                                             ~
  

The '<' operator is reserved for future use. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:232 char:293

• ... ="Bump-link-symbol float-right text-normal text-gray-light">→</s ...

•                                                             ~
  

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. At C:\Users\Giotech\downloads\Get-CRTReport1.ps1:235 char:107

• ... text-normal text-mono f5 mb-2 border-lg-top pt-lg-3">Learn & con ...

•                                                             ~
  

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. Not all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try again. + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmpersandNotAllowed