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How to remove item with ForEach-Object

I have the following code

$FilesToDelete = get-childitem "C:\Scripts\PaperOut" -recurse | where-object {$_.mode -notmatch "d"} | where-object {$_.lastwritetime -lt "2/8/2018"} | Select name

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But when i do

$FilesToDelete | For-EachObject Remove-Item -Path C:\Scripts\PaperOut\$._Name

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I get this error:

Remove-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\Scripts\PaperOut\@{Name=1E31D2A9BEC949379D6E99F9D2305774.XFR}.Name' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:36
+ ... te | ForEach-Object  { Remove-Item -Path C:\Scripts\PaperOut\$_.Name}
+                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Scripts\Pape...05774.XFR}.Name:String) [Remove-Item], ItemNotFoundException

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I have not been able to get just the name. Thanks for your help

Ben Personick (Previously QCubed)

Here you are fixed.

The issue is you wrote $._ instead of $_.

$FilesToDelete | foreach {remove-item -Path "C:\Scripts\PaperOut\$_.Name"}

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footech

$FilesToDelete = get-childitem "C:\Scripts\PaperOut" -recurse | where-object {$_.mode -notmatch "d"} | where-object {$_.lastwritetime -lt "2/8/2018"} | Select name
$FilesToDelete | For-EachObject {Remove-Item -Path "C:\Scripts\PaperOut\$($_.Name)"}

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You need a subexpression $() to evaluate a variable property inside a string.

Edit - sorry had some typos.

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