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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Discussion: Use literal paths for OutFile parameter on Invoke-RestMethod / Invoke-WebRequest","articleBody":"When using square brackets in the OutFile parameter of the web cmdlets the square brackets in the path act as a wildcard option/range operator.\r\nHence any square brackets in the OutFile parameter causes an error for the cmdlets.\r\nPersonally, when downloading a file, I always use a literal path, instead of specifying a file with wildcard support.\r\n\r\nI would like to start a discussion if it makes sense to treat the OutFile parameter as a literal path.\r\nAny opinions on that?\r\n\r\nMaybe someone could contribute scenarios where wildcard support makes sense.\r\n\r\nNote: Of course there are several workarounds in PowerShell to overcome this minor lack of comfort.\r\n\r\nSteps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\n```powershell\r\nInvoke-WebRequest https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/README.md -OutFile ReadMe[Powershell].md\r\n```\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\nCreates a ReadMe[Powershell].md file in current directory.\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\n```powershell\r\nInvoke-WebRequest : Cannot perform operation because the wildcard path ReadMe[Powershell].md did not resolve to a file.\r\nAt line:1 char:1\r\n+ Invoke-WebRequest https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerS ...\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (ReadMe[Powershell].md:String) [Invoke-WebRequest], FileNotFoundException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand\r\n```\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- provide the output of $PSVersionTable --\u003e\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e $PSVersionTable\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      5.1.14393.693\r\nPSEdition                      Desktop\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}\r\nBuildVersion                   10.0.14393.693\r\nCLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ThreeFive-O","@type":"Person","name":"ThreeFive-O"},"datePublished":"2017-02-20T10:14:55.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":8},"url":"https://github.com/3174/PowerShell/issues/3174"}