From 68d18b2ad3bb962ac2a30e9101e9253699db8819 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shane Lee <shane.d.lee@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:32:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix win_dsc tests

---
 salt/modules/cmdmod.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/salt/modules/cmdmod.py b/salt/modules/cmdmod.py
index c76357ee1ac..1891c044fb0 100644
--- a/salt/modules/cmdmod.py
+++ b/salt/modules/cmdmod.py
@@ -291,8 +291,14 @@ def _prep_powershell_cmd(win_shell, cmd, encoded_cmd):
         if isinstance(cmd, list):
             cmd = " ".join(cmd)
 
-        if cmd.startswith("$"):
-            new_cmd.extend(["-Command", f"{cmd.strip()}"])
+        # Commands that are a specific keyword behave differently. They fail if
+        # you add a "&" to the front. Add those here as we find them:
+        keywords = ["$", "&", ".", "Configuration"]
+
+        for keyword in keywords:
+            if cmd.startswith(keyword):
+                new_cmd.extend(["-Command", f"{cmd.strip()}"])
+                break
         else:
             new_cmd.extend(["-Command", f"& {cmd.strip()}"])