select-str sample
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Searches specified files for specified patterns
Sample Language Implementations
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This sample is available in the following language implementations:
- Visual Basic
To build the sample using Visual Studio:
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1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to SelectString under the samples directory.
2. Double-click the icon for the .sln (solution) file to open the file in Visual Studio.
3. In the Build menu, select Build Solution.
The library will be built in the default \bin or \bin\Debug directory.
To run the sample:
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1. Start Command Prompt.
2. Navigate to the folder containing the sample dll.
3. Run installutil "SelectStrCommandSample.dll"
4. Start PowerShell
5. Run Add-PSSnapin SelectStrPSSnapIn (this adds the PowerShell snap-in to the shell)
6. Now type
get-command select-str
to verify that the command is available and to see the parameters it has.
6. To run the select-str command, type
select-str -path <pathoffilestosearch> -pattern <pattern> -script <scriptblock> [-casesensitive] [-simplematch]
Demonstrates
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This sample demonstrates the following:
1.Usage of PSPath
2.Usage of Scriptblocks
3.Session state
