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.

possible dupplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/12212452/… — Akki
– Akki, Commented Jun 11, 2021 at 17:50

bijoy26 · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-11 17:47:57Z

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

Additional methods are listed here.

answered Jun 11, 2021 at 17:47

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Hari Krishna Over a year ago

Thank you for this answer. Also can you suggest for below <My File> <Parameter name ="internet" enabled ="true" /> <Parameter name ="wifi" enabled ="true" /> </My File> Now i want to get the value of "enabled" based upon attribute "name"

bijoy26 Over a year ago

In order to access conditional attribute values by iteration, you can use Where-Object and ForEach-Object. For printing the value of enabled for "internet" , the statement goes something like: $xmlfile.MyFile.Parameter | Where-Object name -eq 'internet' | ForEach-Object { $_.enabled }

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