How to sanitize a file name using LINQ

From this article you can learn how to sanitize a file name using simple LINQ query. SanitizeFilename function takes two parameters:
  • name - filename that needs to be sanitized
  • replaceChar - char used to replace all invalid file name characters
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Implementation

System.Linq namespace needs to be put in usings.

public static string SanitizeFileName(string name, char replaceChar)
{
  return Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars().Aggregate(name, (current, c) => current.Replace(c, replaceChar));
}
Public Shared Function SanitizeFileName(name As String, replaceChar As Char) As String
  Return Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars().Aggregate(name, Function(current, c) current.Replace(c, replaceChar))
End Function

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