I need a powershell command to replace unicode chars in a file name to a blank space

Can anyone provide me with a powershell command which will search and replace a specific unicode character in a file name to just a blank space?
Thanks

Hi Roadster198,
In addition, if you want to search and rename the text files under a folder, please also check this script:
Get-ChildItem -Path d:\test1\1\*.txt -Recurse| where{$_.name -like "*ф*"}|rename-item -newname { $_.name -replace "ф"," " }
If there is anything else regarding this issue, please feel free to post back.
Best Regards,
Anna Wang
TechNet Community Support

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