Search XML attribute value using powershell

Question

I am trying to fetch an xml attribute value using powershell but not sure how to read the attributes.

Here is my sample xml file with name myfile.xml

<MyFile>
<Parameter name ="internet" enabled ="true" />
</MyFile>

Please suggest me how to fetch the value of attribute enabled using powershell.

Answer 1

Here's a simple solution.

You read from the file, cast it as XML object and then reference properties via dot notation .

$XMLPath = "ENTER_YOUR_FILE_PATH"

# Read the file content, cast it as an XML object and store in variable
$xmlfile = [xml](Get-Content $XMLPath)

# Access particular attribute value
$xmlfile.MyFile.Parameter.enabled

Output

true

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