Powershellscript won't replace this charter '\'. I need it out of the string. Any ideas?

Question

If need to get rid of a charter in a string, I normally just use the replace operator. For example:

"man" -replace "n", ""   # returns "ma"

But when I tried to do something like this:

"C:\Users\Public" -replace "\", ""

It just throws an error.

What can I do?

I have a script doing something in an order (handed as parameter), saving the result to a text file with the name pathlistfile.txt. So in the example I would like a name like CUsersPubliclistfile.txt. But I can't to it because I can't replace \. What to do?

PS: I already tried to escaping it "C:\Users\Public" -replace "`\", "", but that doesn't work.

You are likely escaping the second ". Try -replace "\\", "" — Justin C
– Justin C, Commented Feb 13, 2014 at 22:49

Keith Hill · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-13 22:58:52Z

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As Justin mentions, the -replace operator takes a regex as the first parameter. Try this:

"C:\Users\Public" -replace "\\", ""

Or if you want a simple replace:

"C:\Users\Public".replace("\", "")

answered Feb 13, 2014 at 22:58

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