powershell - Add double quotes to variable to escape space

Question

I am running a script which has $FileName variable containing the absolute path with spaces. Due to the space within the directory name and file name, the script fails to executes without finding the actual path. All I need is to add $FilePath within double quotes. How should I append double quotes in the beginning and end of a string?

For example

"X:MoviesFile OneFile One.txt"

Script:

$FilePath = Join-Path $Path $($Dir + "" + $File + “.txt”)
$FilePath

Current OutPut:

X:MoviesFile OneFile One.txt

Answer 1

In addition to the backtick escape character (`), you can use the -f format operator:

$FilePath = Join-Path $Dir -ChildPath "$File.txt"
$FilePathWithQuotes = '"{0}"' -f $FilePath

This will ensure that $FilePath is expanded before being placed in the string