Rename-item thinks variable is a path

Question

I'm trying to rename a file but powershell thinks my variable is a string and fails. Here is the script: ``` $date=(get-date -Format d) $time=(get-date -Format t) $source = "D:\_qapi.log" $newfilename = "$date"+"_"+"$time"+"_qapi[SERVERNAME].log" Rename-Item $source -NewName $newfilename ``` And here is the error: ``` Rename-Item : Cannot rename because the target specified represents a path or device name. ``` Anyone know I can fix this? For some reason powershell sees the $date variable in $newfilename as a path.

Accepted Answer

Its illegal characters in the date time strings.

this works:

```
$date=(get-date -Format d) -replace("/")
$time=(get-date -Format t) -replace(":")
$source = "D:\_qapi.log"
$newfilename = "$date"+"_"+"$time"+"_qapi[$env:Computername].log"

Rename-Item $source -NewName $newfilename
```

Rename-item thinks variable is a path

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