Question

I have the following script that loops through textfiles an replaces the letter a by b

$fileList = Get-ChildItem C:\Projekte\ps

foreach ($i in $fileList){ (Get-Content -Path $i.FullName ) -replace ‘a’ , ‘b’ | Set-Content -Path $i.FullName }

I works, and the result is written back to the original files. I need to write the content back to a new file. The name of the file is the original file but wit the extension ".new"

I expected something like

Set-Content -Path $i.FullName + ‘.new’

but thats obviously wrong.

Whats the right syntax for this problem?

Answer 1

I suggest you )at list) filter text files so replace wont happen for other file extensions that may reside in that folder:

$fileList = Get-ChildItem D:\Scripts\Temp -Filter *.txt

foreach($i in $fileList)
{
    $path = Join-Path -Path $i.DirectoryName -ChildPath ($i.BaseName + '.new')
    (Get-Content -Path $i.FullName) -replace 'a','b' | Set-Content -Path $path
}