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powershell-2.0
Andy Belej
Andy Belej

Reputation: 3

Excessive whitespace around filepath

PS C:\> $pst_path = $outlook.Session.Stores | where { ($_.FilePath -like '*.PST') } | Select Filepath | format-table -hide
PS C:\> $pst_path

C:\Users\abelej\Documents\Outlook Files\My Outlook Data File(1).pst


PS C:\> _

I've tried using $pst_path.trim() method to trim leading and trailing spaces but with no luck. You can see above all the white space the variable contains. The problem comes up when I'm using Copy-Item which complains that the file name exceeds the 260 character limit.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 27

Answers (1)

Ansgar Wiechers
Ansgar Wiechers

Reputation: 200443

The Format-* cmdlets are for displaying formatted data to the user. Do not use them if you need to further process your data. Simply expand the FilePath property instead:

$outlook.Session.Stores |
  where { $_.FilePath -like '*.PST' } |
  select -Expand FilePath

Upvotes: 1

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