I am trying to print out a line in a text file if it starts with any of the string in the array.
Here is a snippet of my code:
array = "test:", "test1:"
if($currentline | Select-String $array) {
Write-Output "Currentline: $currentline"
}
My code is able to print lines in the text file if it has any of the strings in the array variable. But I only want to print lines if it starts with the string in array variable.
Sample of text file:
abcd-test: 123123
test: 1232
shouldnotprint: 1232
Output:
abcd-test: 123123
test: 1232
Expected output:
test: 1232
I have seen some questions asked on stackoverflow with the solution:
array = "test:", "test1:"
if($currentline | Select-String -Pattern "^test:") {
Write-Output "Currentline: $currentline"
}
But in my case I am using an array variable instead of a string to select the content so I am stumped at this portion because it would not work. It will just now print anything.
Update: Thanks Theo for your answer! This is my code based on Theo's answer for reference
array = "test:", "test1:"
$regex = '^({0})' -f (($array |ForEach-Object { [regex]::Escape($_) }) -join '|')
Loop here:
if($currentline -match $regex) {
Write-Output "Currentline: $currentline"
}
Using the Regex -match
operator should do what you want:
$array = "test:", "test1:"
# create a regex string from the array.
# make sure all the items in the array have their special characters escaped for Regex
$regex = '^({0})' -f (($array | ForEach-Object { [regex]::Escape($_) }) -join '|')
# $regex will now be '^(test:|test1:)'. The '^' anchors the strings to the beginning of the line
# read the file and let only lines through that match $regex
Get-Content -Path 'D:\Test\test.txt' | Where-Object { $_ -match $regex }
Or, if the file to read is really huge, use a switch -Regex -File
method like:
switch -Regex -File 'D:\Test\test.txt' {
$regex { $_ }
}
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