Powershell replace a substring according to regex

Question

In Powershell, how can I replace the following string

"\\10.10.10.5\Program Files (x86)\Foo"

into this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Foo"

I need to replace only if \\IP was detected in the beginning of the string

EDIT

The IP can be any IP so it should be detected by some RegEx in the format of \\X.X.X.X

Loïc MICHEL · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-06 13:30:41Z

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"\\10.10.10.5\Program Files (x86)\Foo" -replace "\\\\10.10.10.5", "c:"

after your comment, please try this one :

"\\10.10.10.5\Program Files (x86)\Foo" -replace "\\\\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}", "c:"

answered May 6, 2015 at 13:24

Loïc MICHEL

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2 Comments

Will not help, The IP is not hardcoded, and can be any IP

you should have mention that in your question !