FAQ about using the powershell tokenizer to find commands in text?
What does a PowerShell tokenizer do?
The tokenizer will parse out commands, operators, command arguments, and other parts that make up a Windows PowerShell script. The output from parsing a simple command is shown in the following image. ...
How to find text in strings and files in PowerShell?
Finds text in strings and files. The Select-String cmdlet searches for text and text patterns in input strings and files. You can use it like Grep in UNIX and Findstr in Windows with Select-String in PowerShell. ...
How to use get-content in PowerShell?
Get-Content in the PowerShell is used to read the content from the file (text files) or the program from the specified location. This cmdlet reads the content of the file one at a time and returns as a collection of objects. From PowerShell 3.0 onwards, you can get the specified number of lines from the beginning or the end of the item. ...
How do I search through files with PowerShell?
As far as I know, this is the quickest way to search through files with PowerShell. Instead of a simple text search, you can also direct the select-string cmdlet to detect multiple matches per line, display text before and after the match, or display only a Boolean value (True or False) that indicates whether a match is found. ...