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If you are also encountering a parse exception with the fast query in Get-Item command in Sitecore. Following below:

Get-Item : End of string expected at position 50. At line:2 char:13 + $oldItems = Get-Item master: -Query “fast:$rootPath//*[@@templatename … + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Item], ParseException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Sitecore.Data.Query.ParseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand

In order to resolve this issue, use following:

If there are other special characters too that are causing problem, you can use regex expression.

Hope this helps, Good luck!