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Using Out-File to have a date variable within the name for the file
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To include a date variable in the file name when using Out-File
in PowerShell, you can create a string that includes the current date formatted as per your requirement. You can use the Get-Date
cmdlet to get the current date and format it using the -Format
parameter.
Here's an example of how to do this:
powershell# Get the current date in the desired format
$Date = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd"
# Create the file name with the date variable
$FileName = "output_$Date.txt"
# Generate some content to write to the file
$Content = "This is the content of the file."
# Write the content to the file using Out-File
$Content | Out-File -FilePath $FileName
Write-Host "File '$FileName' created with content:"
Get-Content $FileName
In this example, the $Date
variable will store the current date in the format "yyyyMMdd". The file name will be constructed as "output_YYYYMMDD.txt" using this date variable. You can adjust the date format as per your preference. Then, the file is created with the content using Out-File
.
After running the script, you will have a file named "output_YYYYMMDD.txt" with the specified content and the current date in the file name.