Reading text files is pretty straightforward
with Get-Content:
PS C:\> get-content boot.ini
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP
Professional"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows
Server 2003,
Enterprise" /
noexecute=optout /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows
Recovery Console" /cmdcons
PS C:\
We can use -TotalCount to display a specified
number of lines from a text file: PS C:\>
get-content ADOXEXCEPTION.LOG -TotalCount 5
CADOXCatalog Error
Code = 80040e4d
Code meaning = IDispatch error #3149
Source = Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL
Server
Description = Login failed for user 'scriptaccess'.
PS C:\> In this example, the first five lines of
a log file are displayed. You can get the same
result with this expression: PS C:\> get-content
ADOXEXCEPTION.LOG |select-object -first 5 An
advantage to this approach is that Select-Object
also has a -Last parameter that you can use to
display a specified number of lines from the end
of the file.
