DevBlogs

The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.

July 31st, 2014

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display Invalid File Names

Doctor Scripto

Scripter

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display invalid file name characters.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I use Windows PowerShell to display information about invalid file name characters?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the System.IO.Path class and call the GetInvalidFileNameChars static method:

[System.IO.Path]::GetInvalidFileNameChars()

Author

Doctor Scripto

Scripter

The "Scripting Guys" is a historical title passed from scripter to scripter. The current revision has morphed into our good friend Doctor Scripto who has been with us since the very beginning.

0 comments

Discussion are closed.

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display Invalid File Names

Author

0 comments

Read next

I've Got a PowerShell Secret: Adding a GUI to Scripts

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Create Temporary File Name