Powershell - Replace XML content with an environment variable

Question

First, excuse my poor english :)

I've a little headache with the syntax of Get-Content -Replace

My code is :

(Get-Content $env:HIS_XMLPATH) -replace '<Password>(.*?)</Password>', '<Password>$env:HIS_PWD</Password>' | Set-Content C:\test.xml

And the result in the xml file is :

<Password>$env:HIS_PWD</Password>

I just want the value of my environment variable, what the syntax to include it ?

Thanks a lot

Shay Levy · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-03 15:28:26Z

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You need to put the environment variable inside double quotes so it can be expanded. Single quoted strings are not expandable:

... -replace '<Password>(.*?)</Password>', "<Password>$env:HIS_PWD</Password>"

answered Jul 3, 2013 at 15:28

Shay Levy

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