Cypher parameters in CLI cypher-script

Neo4j Graph Platform Cypher
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Neo4j 3.5.8

Neo4j and Cypher documentation everywhere for how to use parameters, and how they improve query performance. However, I've only found three well defined methods of passing parameters into a cypher query:

  1. Neo4j Browser or cypher-shell:param paramName: 'value';
  2. HTTP-API 3.5 POST ... "parameters": { ... } ...
  3. Deprecated REST API POST ... "params": { ... } ...

However, none of these approaches address how to use parameters for efficient .cypher scripts.

Latest Attempt

printf ":param test: 'tested'; \nCREATE (:Meta {name: \$test});\n" | cypher-shell -u neo4j -p neo4j

(note: that's not my actual user/pass)

Result

Invalid input 'A': expected whitespace, comment, Statement or end of input (line 1, column 19 (offset: 18))

What am I missing?