How do I pass a property to MSBuild via command line that could be parsed into an item group?

You've escaped the semicolons, preventing MSBuild from parsing them as individual items. Run like this instead, with quotes.

That may be doable, but it seems like more trouble than its worth. Why not just create a file that runs the command each time.

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