A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Encoding'.

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_{Tuesday, February 14, 2017 7:16 AM}

Hello

I am generating log with csv extension. I am adding content as

ac $userLog $userLogBuffer -Encoding UTF8 -Force

I am passing location in $userLogBuffer. If I passed location as c:\logs, it works fine.

But when I give another location "c:\test logs" or c:\test logs, it throws error as

A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Encoding'.

Please let me know how to handle this situation.

Regards

Avian****

All replies (4)

_{Tuesday, February 14, 2017 7:44 AM}

help export-Csv -full

Add-Content cannot create a CSV file.

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_{Tuesday, February 14, 2017 7:51 AM}

Hi

You probably need to create the file with Set-Content -Path $userLogBuffer -Value $userLog -Encoding UTF8. Add-Content will append data to an existing file and will respect the encoding of the file. Another option would be to use Out-File -Filepath $UserLogBuffer -InputObject $UserLog -Encoding UTF8. 

On a side not, please use full cmdlet names and parameter name/value and avoid aliases.

Cheers

Tore

_{Tuesday, February 14, 2017 7:54 AM}

Add-Content will create the file if one does not exist.

The issue is likely due to using nulls using positional parameters.

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_{Tuesday, February 14, 2017 8:38 AM}

Hi,

I think you are missing a filename in the $userlog variable unless you are trying to write to all files in the directory?

This works:

$userlog = Join-Path -Path "c:" -ChildPath "test logs" | Join-Path -ChildPath "file.txt"

$userlogbuffer = "write this to the file"

Add-Content -Path $userlog -Value $userlogbuffer -Encoding UTF8

Cheers

Tore