# Why \`\`julia -e\`\` does not work on Windows?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-julia-e-does-not-work-on-windows/91195>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [December 3, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-julia-e-does-not-work-on-windows/91195 "2022-12-03T22:52:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-julia-e-does-not-work-on-windows/91195/4 "2022-12-04T02:06:40Z")

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There was a related question recently:

> [@How to interpolate into the \`julia -c\` shell command](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-interpolate-into-the-julia-c-shell-command/90883/3):
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> The standard solution is to quote variables (which you should always do anyway), not to hack IFS: julia -e "${code}"

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