powershell write name of file containing string

Question

I have following two lines in my Input file.

Sample Input file ( name of file - file.txt)

String1   value   'string2'
..
..
..
Call  string1

Desired output : File.txt. ( i.e. Name of file )

Basically i want names of file - if it contains these two lines 1) string1 value 'string2' 2) call string1

1) and 2) above are two different lines and there could be many lines in between.

P.S. a) i am searching for 'string2' . 'string1' could be any 8 characters. I do not know 'string1' b) 'string2' will be always in single quote (') c) 'string2' will always be preceded by string 'value'

Thanks

dazedandconfused · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-22 12:00:24Z

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Try this...

 gc input.txt |?{$_ -match '.*value ''(.*)'''}|%{$matches[1]}

answered Jun 22, 2013 at 12:00

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Peter · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-23 00:27:44Z

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The below script goes through each file in the current directory and looks for the files with the 2 lines in the content. Not sure if this meets your situation but it is not difficult to customize it to you environment.

dir *.* | foreach {if (get-content $_| Select-String -pattern  "^[A-Za-z]{8} value 'string2'","Call string1") {"$_"}}

The output (in my lab) is:

C:\Documents\ManualScripts\test.txt

test.txt is the file I created for testing this script. The content is as following:

abcdefgh value 'string2'
hello world
I love church
I love Jesus
call string1
Alibaba, sesame open the door!

To @dazedandconfused I believe your script return "String1" which is part of the second line instead of file name he/she requested. Besides your script doesn't reflect another one of his/her needs: "'string1' could be any 8 characters". Forgive me if I am wrong.

edited Jun 23, 2013 at 0:27

answered Jun 23, 2013 at 0:22

Peter

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Powershel Over a year ago

Thanks a lot!! I am almost there. Pardon my inexperience. Just a small change i would require - in your script. 'abcdefgh' (first line before 'value') should match 'string1' (after call statement in 5th line). In other words, string1 should be equal to 'abcdefgh' - then only i want it in Output. Thanks.

Peter Over a year ago

No problem I am newbie too for powershell. If it makes sense please accept the answer:)

dazedandconfused Over a year ago

Actually, the original post has been edited substantially. My original answer was relevant at the time but not so much now.

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