how to set filename that contains variable in powershell

Question

i need to output Get-ChildItem cmdlet into file, which name contains current date. this is what is tried:

Get-Date -OutVariable date
Get-ChildItem > $date.txt

powershell doesn't print any error messsages, but there's no file created.

i need to do some equivalent to the following line in windows cmd

dir > %date%.txt

thanks in advance

leeharvey1 · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-26 11:57:54Z

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Give this a try:

Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd' -OutVariable date
Get-ChildItem | Out-File ".\$date.txt"

Keep in mind that Get-Date, by default, will include the time component, as well; which can contain colons (:) -- depending upon your regional time-formatting preferences -- which is an invalid character for filenames.

Hope this helps.

answered Feb 26, 2020 at 11:57

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MURIMO Over a year ago

it did! thanks a lot!! i should have tried tinkering with quotes. Get-Date -OutVariable date Get-ChildItem > ".\$date.txt" also works

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