Problem copying .bak with "$" in file path/name (PS running in SQL job step)

I'm using OLA's SQL JOBs to do my database maintenance. So far, I really like them; they're very handy, especially when apps create new databases each month (WILDCARD dbnames!).I have to copy files across server instances on occasion; since we're deploying SQL2008r2 I've started using Powershell to do this.I've got a powershell job step that works fine to get bak files from my old servers to new servers.But now I have to copy a backup created by the Ola backup process... it includes $ in the path (as servername$instancename) and at the start of the backup file name.It LOOKS like the $ is confusing Powershell...Is there a control character I can use to allow the "$" into the path/filename, or is there [b]another [/b]way to do this?[code="plain"]#Example: (this is a powershell step in a sql job)# get yesterdays date as YYYYMMDD$dd = (get-date).AddDays(-1).ToString("yyyyMMdd")# here's the original source/target location for the backup file#$from = "\\srvrname\r$\SQL\MSSQL10_50.instname\MSSQL\Backup\srvrname$instname\DBNAME\FULL\srvrname$instname_DBNAME_FULL_" + $dd + "*.BAK"#$to = "\\SA01SQL002\u$\SQL\MSSQL10_50.TEST\MSSQL\Backup\from$instname\"#and here's the error on the copy-item line:# 'An object at the specified path \\srvrname\r$\SQL\MSSQL10_50.instname\MSSQL\Backup\srvrname\DBNAME\FULL does not exist.'# ********# whoops... that should say \srvrname$instname\## that blows up so tried wrapping $from and $to within a double quote... this didn't fly either.$from = """" + ...TheOriginalString... + """"$to = """" + ...TheOriginalString... + """"# the error references this line copy-item $from $to -Force -Recurse[/code]