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Select-String: match a string only if it isn't preceded by * character
I have this line in a Powershell script:
if (Select-String -Path "$holidays" -Pattern "(?<!\*)$datestr" -SimpleMatch -Quiet)
$holidays is a text file where i have some date:
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Why this Powershell Regex for serial numbers returns everything with Select-String?
I'm trying to get the first serial number of Chromedriver from this string in Powershell with Select-String, but the regex returns everything: '\d{1,4}.\d{1,4}.\d{1,4}.\d{1,4}'.
The regex works well ...
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Powershell | Select-String multiple lines regex pattern filters nothing [duplicate]
The situation
I have a string like this:
some-text <!--
<div class="">
</div> --> some-other-text
From which I want to get only what's commented, so like this:
&...
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Powershell/Regex to count number of times a date range appears
I am working on a script to pull metrics from a log file. Here is an example from the log.
2/21/2022 3:29 PM: Requested username - Found disabled account with matching CATIID named username - Account ...
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Matching an unknown number of multi-lines an unknown number of lines with Select-String in Powershell?
I've been able to match multiple lines; but only if I know how many lines are coming, and what the content of those lines are...
Select-String -Pattern "^Timestamp: 3/27/2021.*`n`n|^Message:.*...
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Using regex within text with carriage return
I'm using a regex in a txt using powershell, but it's work only if the text doesn't contain carriage return. I prepared an example file like this:
the duck is on the table --found!
the elephant is ...
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select-string, search one value, then if found search for a second. If both are found store the result
I'm trying to find a out when a series of values are present in a text file. Search value one will always be at least one line above search value two. However, it could be 20 lines down, or not exist ...
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How to Select-String from Multiple Lines with Powershell
I have this file below test.dat
<category>Games</category>
</game>
<category>Applications</category>
</game>
<category>Demos</...
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search for certian words in a string
I´m struggling in a simple report script.
for example
$report.FullFormattedMessage = "This is the deployment test for Servername for Stackoverflow in datacenter onTV"
$report....
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How to match for "foo" and "bar" with Select-String in Powershell?
How to get the result of these Select-String matches in one statement?
posh>
posh> $string = Get-Content /home/nicholas/powershell/regex/text.txt
posh> $patternFoo = 'foo' ...
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Select-string regex
I'm searching a ton of logs using a foreach loop for a string ($text) and currently outputting the entire line to an output file ($logfile)
Get-ChildItem "\\$server\$Path" -Filter "*....
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Using Powershell, how can I parse an outlook attachment name and save it
I am new to Powershell (and coding in general) and am attempting to save outlook attachments that are all in the form of .xlsx from a specific sender. I managed to get a general script written to save ...
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How to "grep" in PowerShell one-liner?
What is the best short one-liner in PowerShell to use as a grep alternative?
I wanted to share with you this short one-liner syntax for PowerShell version of grep, which perhaps is relatively little ...
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Search regex pattern with PowerShell and output filename
$input_path = "d:\txt\*.txt"
$output_file = 'd:\out.txt'
$regex = "\w* (\w\.? )?\w* (was )?[B|b]orn .{100}"
select-string -Path $input_path -Pattern $regex -AllMatches | % { $_.Matches } | % { $_....
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Powershell Regex Complex Pattern (XML)
I have a string in an XML which I am trying to retrun to a varable (below).
<XMLElement><![CDATA[TEXT - I - FIND - INTERESTING]]></XMLElement>
My problem is that I have no knowledge ...
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