CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershell
user1411254
user1411254

Reputation: 139

Having issue removing a file in powershell

I'm trying to remove a file after checking some thing in that. I'm capturing the whole path into a variable and passing it to Remove-Item command and I'm getting below error:

Remove-Item : An object at the specified path E:\Import\IRIS_Import\working\RP
LS_BAI_20120719092600450-20120719093206.csv    does not exist.

At E:\Import\IRIS_Import\FIX_IRIS_49_FILES_kr.ps1:53 char:13
+  Remove-Item <<<<  $file
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Remove-Item], PSArgumentEx 
   ception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Argument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveIte 
   mCommand

Not sure why Powershell is complaining about file not being there even I can see the file there physically. Any ideas please?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3222

Answers (2)

Jak
Jak

Reputation: 106

I faced this exact same issue when I ran an Azure powershell webjob. I followed the answer in another thread in addition's to justinf's answer in this thread and modified my remove-item command as below.

remove-item filesystem::\\uncpath\folder

Upvotes: 1

justinf
justinf

Reputation: 1298

Your problem is that the file had an - in the file name and powershell does not like this it would seem.

This code worked for me. If it does not work for you post more of your code up and I will take a look.

$test = "c:\test\LS_BAI_20120719092600450-20120719093206.csv"

Remove-Item -LiteralPath $test

Upvotes: 0

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