Having issue removing a file in powershell

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I'm trying to remove a file after checking some thing in that. I'm capturing the whole path into a variable and passing it to Remove-Item command and I'm getting below error:

Remove-Item : An object at the specified path E:\Import\IRIS_Import\working\RP
LS_BAI_20120719092600450-20120719093206.csv    does not exist.

At E:\Import\IRIS_Import\FIX_IRIS_49_FILES_kr.ps1:53 char:13
+  Remove-Item <<<<  $file
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Remove-Item], PSArgumentEx 
   ception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Argument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveIte 
   mCommand

Not sure why Powershell is complaining about file not being there even I can see the file there physically. Any ideas please?

Do Test-Path 'E:\Import\IRIS_Import\working\RP LS_BAI_20120719092600450-20120719093206.csv' — Andy Arismendi
– Andy Arismendi, Commented Jul 20, 2012 at 23:10

Jak · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-29 12:43:26Z

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I faced this exact same issue when I ran an Azure powershell webjob. I followed the answer in another thread in addition's to justinf's answer in this thread and modified my remove-item command as below.

remove-item filesystem::\\uncpath\folder

answered Jul 29, 2019 at 12:43

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justinf · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-21 14:10:19Z

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Your problem is that the file had an - in the file name and powershell does not like this it would seem.

This code worked for me. If it does not work for you post more of your code up and I will take a look.

$test = "c:\test\LS_BAI_20120719092600450-20120719093206.csv"

Remove-Item -LiteralPath $test

answered Jul 21, 2012 at 14:10

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