How do I add a recipe to a chef run list?

Question

I have a chef node that I'm attempting to add a recipe to. Currently, this node has one recipe in the run list:

$ knife node show mynode
Node Name:   mynode
Environment: _default
FQDN:        mynode.domain
IP:          10.8.16.214
Run List:    recipe[mycb::myrecipe1]
Roles:
Recipes:     mycb::myrecipe1, ms_dotnet::ms_dotnet4, ms_dotnet::default, windows::default
Platform:    windows 6.3.9600
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I'm attempting to add a new recipe (mycb::recipe2) to the run list for this node:

$ knife node run_list add mynode 'recipe[mycb::myrecipe2]'
mynode:
  run_list:
    recipe[mycb::myrecipe1]
    recipe[recipes]

This new recipe recipe[recipes] is quite strange. I do not have a cookbook called recipes:

$ knife recipe-list
chef-sugar
chef_handler
chef_handler::json_file
mycb
mycb::myrecipe1
mycb::myrecipe2
ms_dotnet
ms_dotnet::ms_dotnet2
ms_dotnet::ms_dotnet3
ms_dotnet::ms_dotnet4
ms_dotnet::regiis
openssl
openssl::upgrade
sql_server
sql_server::client
sql_server::server
windows
windows::reboot_handler

I also don't have a cookbook called recipes:

$ knife cookbook list
chef-sugar     3.1.0
chef_handler   1.1.9
mycb           0.1.0
ms_dotnet      2.3.0
openssl        4.0.0
sql_server     2.2.3
windows        1.37.0

Where is this coming from, and how do I cause the correct recipe to be added?

Solution

I guess you are on PowerShell? See https://docs.chef.io/knife_node.html#id19 about escaping the knife node run_list add call

Comments

[Mark]

Indeed this was the problem. An open question is "why didn't knife fail". Also, knife.bat should be replaced with knife.ps1 :)