Extract text from a string using Powershell

Question

I have a URL from which I need to extract a text. The URL is of the form:

abcd.com/File1/00012121
abcd.com/File12/00012121
abcd.com/File123/00012121

I need to extract File1, File12 and File123 respectively.

DarkLite1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-14 08:16:59Z

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You could try something like this:

('abcd.com/File1/00012121' -split '/')[1]

Or:

'bcd.com/File1/00012121' -split '/' | Select -First 1 -Skip 1

answered Mar 14, 2016 at 8:16

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2 Comments

You can use -Index 1 instead of -First 1 -Skip 1.

Awesome tip PetSerAl! Didn't know this, thank you :)

restless1987 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-14 08:17:25Z

0

try

$URL -replace '.+\/(\w+)' , '$1'

answered Mar 14, 2016 at 8:17

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