Replace path in text file using Powershell

Question

I want to remove the path G:\Data\editor\ from a text file and replace it with ..\ using powershell.

How do I go about doing that?

powershell -Command "(gc sample.txt) -replace 'G:\Data\editor\', '..\' | Out-File -encoding ASCII sample.txt"

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I had used the answer found here, but it doesn't seem to be working when looking for a path.

Answer 1

\ is used as the escape character in regular expressions, so in order to represent the verbatim (literal) \ characters in your path, you must use \\:

powershell -Command "(gc sample.txt) -replace 'G:\\Data\\editor\\', '..\' | Out-File -encoding ASCII sample.txt"