Select-Stringis based on lines of text. By default,Select-Stringfinds the first match in each line and, for each match, it displays the file name, line number, and all text in the line containing the match. You can directSelect-Stringto find multiple matches per line, display text before...
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-like and -notlike behave similarly to -eq and -ne, but the right-hand side could be a string containing wildcards. Example: PowerShell Copy "PowerShell" -like "*shell" # Output: True "PowerShell" -notlike "*shell" # Output: False "PowerShell" -like "Power?hell" # Output: True...
String By default, this cmdlet returns the content as an array of strings, one per line. When you use the Raw parameter, it returns a single string containing every line in the file.NotesPowerShell includes the following aliases for Get-Content: All platforms: gc type Windows: cat The...
Using Windows PowerShell, how can I search for a string value in all the files in a folder full of text files, then report back the file name and creation date for each file where that string value was found? Oh, and I’d like to have ...
simply tells Windows PowerShell to take the first value (1), the last value (100), and all the other values in between. One line of code, and you’ve created an array containing all the whole numbers between 1 and 100. See? We told you that this was a cool little trick. Creating...
executable. Files that have spaces in their path must be enclosed in quotes. If you try to execute the quoted path, PowerShell displays the contents of the quoted string instead of running the script. The call operator allows you to execute the contents of the string containing the filename...
ForEach(string propertyName)ForEach(string propertyName, object[] newValue)The ForEach() method can also be used to retrieve, or set property values for every item in the collection.PowerShell Copy # Set all LastAccessTime properties of files to the current date. (dir 'C:\Temp').For...
Find more tips in the Windows PowerShell Tip of the Week archive. Working With Custom Objects Scripting is always fun when the script does all the work for you. For example, suppose you want to get a list of all the files in the folder C:\Scripts, and then sort those files by size...
namespace IgnorantTranscriber { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { var processes = PowerShell.Create().AddCommand(“Get-Process”). AddParameter(“Name”, “*e*”).Invoke(); Console.WriteLine(“You have “ + processes.Count + ” processes with ‘e’ in the name!”);...