Potential fix for bug #5010

documentation/Get-PnPFile.md

@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ Get-PnPFile -Url <String> -AsString [-Connection <PnPConnection>]
 Get-PnPFile -Url <String> -AsMemoryStream [-Connection <PnPConnection>] 
 ```
 
+### Skip decoding of file name, for instance %20 used in file name
+```powershell
+Get-PnPFile -Url <String> -NoUrlDecode [-Connection <PnPConnection>] 
+```
+
+
 ## DESCRIPTION
 Allows downloading of a file from SharePoint Online. The file contents can either be read directly into memory as text, directly saved to local disk or stored in memory for further processing.
 
@@ -100,6 +106,13 @@ Get-PnPFile -Url "/sites/templates/Shared Documents/HR Site.pnp" -AsMemoryStream
 
 Retrieves the file in memory for further processing
 
+### EXAMPLE 9
+```powershell
+Get-PnPFile -Url "Shared Documents/test%20file.docx" -NoUrlDecode
+```
+
+Retrieves the file without Url decoding for further processing
+
 ## PARAMETERS
 
 ### -AsFile
@@ -255,6 +268,19 @@ Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
 Accept wildcard characters: False
 ```
 
+### -NoUrlDecode
+
+```yaml
+Type: SwitchParameter
+Parameter Sets: (All)
+
+Required: False
+Position: Named
+Default value: None
+Accept pipeline input: False
+Accept wildcard characters: False
+```
+
 ## RELATED LINKS
 
 [Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices](https://aka.ms/m365pnp)

src/Commands/Files/GetFile.cs

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public class GetFile : PnPWebCmdlet
         [Parameter(Mandatory = false, ParameterSetName = URLASMEMORYSTREAM)]
         public SwitchParameter AsMemoryStream;
 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false)]
+        public SwitchParameter NoUrlDecode;
+
         protected override void ExecuteCmdlet()
         {
             var serverRelativeUrl = string.Empty;
@@ -72,9 +75,12 @@ protected override void ExecuteCmdlet()
                 // We can't deal with absolute URLs
                 Url = UrlUtility.MakeRelativeUrl(Url);
             }
-            
+
             // Remove URL decoding from the Url as that will not work. We will encode the + character specifically, because if that is part of the filename, it needs to stay and not be decoded.
-            Url = Utilities.UrlUtilities.UrlDecode(Url.Replace("+", "%2B"));
+            if (!NoUrlDecode)
+            {
+                Url = Utilities.UrlUtilities.UrlDecode(Url.Replace("+", "%2B"));
+            }
 
             var webUrl = CurrentWeb.EnsureProperty(w => w.ServerRelativeUrl);