PowerShell out-file not working when variable has a "/" in filename -

i have powershell script running , saving results file. name of file using variable url however, forward slash exist "/". file not saved because not forward slash.

$hosturl = "my_webserver" $methtype = "get" $api4 = "/sasl_logs/debug" $txt | out-file ".\$api4.txt" 

results file called /sasl_logs/debug.txt or /sasl_logs_debug.txt. have tried replace function working must doing wrong.

$api4.replace("//","_") $api4.replace("/","_") $api4.replace("\/","_") 

the problem here not slash. not in way think is. windows (and powershell) support / delimited path names fine (as many/most other windows applications).

the problem here path /sasl_logs/debug being seen absolutel path (it starts slash) , being seen c:\sasl_logs\debug , out-file refuses create sasl_logs directory can put debug file in location.

create c:\sasl_logs directory , should work correctly.

if don't want directory (or indeed directory @ all) , $api4 value isn't being set literally (so can't change code) want attempting.

$api4 = $api4.substring(1) -replace "/","_" 

substring strips off leading / , -replace operator replacement. use $api4.substring(1).replace("/","_") of course.