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Old 12-19-2007   #2 (permalink)
Shay Levi


 
 

Re: New lines in regular expressions

Hi

You can use the `n escape sequence:

$stringWithLineBreaks = "Power`nShell`nRocks!"
$stringWithLineBreaks

Power
Shell
Rocks!


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Quote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to search for a string pattern that includes new lines
> with the select-string cmdlet. I was looking for something like \n to
> match a new line in the regular expression but I can't seem to find
> anything.
>
> Also, what would be the general syntax to include a new line in a
> string (not speaking of regular expressions here) ?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Xavier

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