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user1863886

Reputation:

Suffix to a variable

I am trying to append a suffix to a variable in order to create a path in Powershell. Let me clarify. My $workingDirectory variable contains the path C:\temp. However, I would like to use the New-Item command to create an item in that path. My item has to be called temp.csv. The full path would be C:\temp\temp.csv.

New-Item $workingDirectory\temp.csv -type file

would however not work. I am most likely overseeing some basic syntax rule?

Does anybody know how to fix my problem? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1635

Answers (1)

Mitul
Mitul

Reputation: 9854

You need to put your path in quotes for it to work. 

  New-Item "$workingDirectory\temp.csv" -type file

You can find out more about escaping characters by typing this command in the powershell console window

PS C:\> Help about_escaping_characters

Upvotes: 3

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