3.2 Creating Files and Folders

Creating a file

New-Item -Path C:\temp\test.txt -ItemType File

this will create an empty file in the C:\temp directory named test.txt.

Write content to a file

Set-Content -Path test.txt -Value "Hello World"

Add-Content -Path test.txt -Value "Hello World"

$text = 'Hello World!' | Out-File $text -FilePath test.txt

To overwrite an existing file, use the -Force switch parameter.

Alternatively, you can create files using the Export-CSV cmdlet, which exports the output to a csv file that can be opened in Excel:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties * | Export-CSV -Path ADusers.csv