Running proj/cs2cs command in Powershell

Question

I'm reading a book where it says to run the following in the commandline, I think he used Linux. Therefore the command doesn't run in Windows Powershell

cs2cs +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 +to +proj=utm +zone=10 +datum=NAD27 -r <<EOF
45d15’33.1" 111.5W
45d15.551666667N -111d30
+45.25919444444 111d30’000w
EOF

When ran, Powershell says

The '<' operator is reserved for future use. + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingFileSpecification

How do I run the command in Powershell?

Answer 1

Use a here-string and pipe "|" to cs2cs (note you must have a new line immediately after the opening @" and before the closing "@)

echo @"
45d15'33.1" 111.5W
45d15.551666667N -111d30
+45.25919444444 111d30'000w
"@ | cs2cs +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 +to +proj=utm +zone=10 +datum=NAD27 -r

Or add the coordinates to a file (e.g coords.txt) and pass that as an argument

cs2cs +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 +to +proj=utm +zone=10 +datum=NAD27 -r coords.txt