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I would like to search for more than one string in the files in a directory, however using "select-string -pattern" didn't help. Could anyone show me how to do it?
Example: Search all files in C:\Logs that contain the words "VendorEnquiry" and "Failed", and with a Logtime about 11:30 am. Structure of files may differ (e.g. different tag names, etc):
... <methodException>VendorEnquiry</methodException> ... ... <logTime>13/10/2010T11:30:04 am</logTime> ... ... <status>Failed</status> ... ... <serviceMethodException>VendorEnquiry</serviceMethodException> ... ... <logTime>13/10/2010</logTime> ... ... <serviceStatus>Failed</serviceStatus> ... Thanks.
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To search for multiple matches in each file, we can sequence several Select-String calls: Get-ChildItem C:\Logs | where { $_ | Select-String -Pattern 'VendorEnquiry' } | where { $_ | Select-String -Pattern 'Failed' } | ...
When you need to search through a string or log files in Linux we can use the grep command. For PowerShell, we can use the grep equivalent Select-String . We can get pretty much the same results with this powerful cmdlet. Select-String uses just like grep regular expression to find text patterns in files and strings.
You can use it like Grep in UNIX and Findstr in Windows with Select-String in PowerShell. Select-String is based on lines of text. By default, Select-String finds the first match in each line and, for each match, it displays the file name, line number, and all text in the line containing the match.
You can direct Select-String to find multiple matches per line, display text before and after the match, or display a Boolean value (True or False) that indicates whether a match is found. Select-String can display all the text matches or stop after the first match in each input file.
If you want to match the two words in either order, use:
gci C:\Logs| select-string -pattern '(VendorEnquiry.*Failed)|(Failed.*VendorEnquiry)' If Failed always comes after VendorEnquiry on the line, just use:
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