Powershell's out-file clears the file when piped from itself

Question

I am working with the following command:

get-content C:\\somepath\\Setup.csproj | 
        select-string -pattern \'\'          


        

Answer 1

Could you please try this:

$filtered_content = Get-Content C:\somepath\Setup.csproj | select-string -pattern '' -NotMatch ;
Remove-Item C:\somepath\Setup.csproj -Force  ;
New-Item C:\somepath\Setup.csproj -type file -force -value "$filtered_content"  ;

Tested in local with one file.