illegal characters in path using powershell

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I need to verify one path using powershell. The problem is when given the path like Test-Path -Path "\\\10.2.200.13\share\Logger\Logger" its working fine, but my requirement is that, this path will be available in a Notepad - we need to read the path from the notepad then verify it. Here is the code:

$var = ( Get-Content D:\TestPathIssue\Params.txt ) -split '='
$source1=$var[1].Trim();
test-path -Path $source1;

I am able to get path in $source1 but I don't understand why its failing in Test-Path in this approach.

When you say Notepad do you really mean you need to get the path from a file? — arco444
– arco444, Commented Feb 3, 2015 at 10:15

Mahendra Singh · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-03 12:31:37Z

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Fixed by trying this-

$source1=$source1 -replace '"', ""

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 12:31

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HARSHAL PATANI · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-03 10:01:14Z

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Check if the variable $source1 is returning path in quotes eg:- "\10.2.200.13\share\Logger\Logger" instead of \10.2.200.13\share\Logger\Logger

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 10:01

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Raja Ashutosh Nayak Over a year ago

I am getting "\\10.2.200.13\share\Logger\Logger" in variable $source1

FuriousD · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-09 20:18:35Z

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The following powershell code will take a list of legal characters with regex and report back on any non-legal characters found in filenames. Modify the list of legal characters as desired.

$legal = "[a-zA-Z\d\.\-'_\s\(\)&,%\[\];\!\$\+@~=#]"

ForEach ($File in Get-ChildItem -Path C:\mypath -Recurse){
  ForEach ($char in $File.Name.ToCharArray()){
    If ($char -notmatch $legal){
      $output = $char+" found in "+$file.fullname
      write-output $output
      break
    }  
  }
}

answered Sep 9, 2021 at 20:18

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