Vista - Reading a text file and retaining line feeds

04-20-2008

I've tried reading a text file using

$reportContent = get-content -path $tempFilePath

but it loses the line-feeds so I just get one long string. Can I do
it with get-content or do I need to use a StreamReader or something
similar?

04-20-2008

The get-content cmdlet does remove line-feeds, but it actually reads each
line into a string object, and stores each line in an array. From the help:

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>get-help get-content

<snip>
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
It reads the content one line at a time and returns an object for each
line.

#Example:

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>get-content -path test1.txt|write-host

Line1
Line2

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>$a = get-content -path test1.txt
>$a.Length

2 # 2 objects in the array, not a string of 2 characters

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>$a[0]

Line1

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>$a[1]

Line2

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>set-content -path test2.txt $a
>get-content -path test2.txt|write-host

Line1
Line2

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>get-content -path test2.txt|write-host -noNewLine

Line1Line2

Most Windows text files end lines with 2 characters, the carriage-return +
line-feed (\r\n or Chr13 + Chr10). Maybe there's something different about
your original text, maybe it comes from Unix/Linux or Mac, and it only
contains a line-feed or carriage-return but not both?

"ssg31415926" <newsjunkmail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8c837cc7-dfb8-425f-8eaa-102c731922d2@xxxxxx

Quote:

> I've tried reading a text file using
>
> $reportContent = get-content -path $tempFilePath
>
> but it loses the line-feeds so I just get one long string. Can I do
> it with get-content or do I need to use a StreamReader or something
> similar?

04-20-2008	#1 (permalink)
ssg31415926 n/a posts	Reading a text file and retaining line feeds I've tried reading a text file using $reportContent = get-content -path $tempFilePath but it loses the line-feeds so I just get one long string. Can I do it with get-content or do I need to use a StreamReader or something similar?
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04-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
Marty List n/a posts	Re: Reading a text file and retaining line feeds The get-content cmdlet does remove line-feeds, but it actually reads each line into a string object, and stores each line in an array. From the help: Quote: >get-help get-content <snip> DETAILED DESCRIPTION It reads the content one line at a time and returns an object for each line. #Example: Quote: >get-content -path test1.txt\|write-host Line1 Line2 Quote: >$a = get-content -path test1.txt >$a.Length 2 # 2 objects in the array, not a string of 2 characters Quote: >$a[0] Line1 Quote: >$a[1] Line2 Quote: >set-content -path test2.txt $a >get-content -path test2.txt\|write-host Line1 Line2 Quote: >get-content -path test2.txt\|write-host -noNewLine Line1Line2 Most Windows text files end lines with 2 characters, the carriage-return + line-feed (\r\n or Chr13 + Chr10). Maybe there's something different about your original text, maybe it comes from Unix/Linux or Mac, and it only contains a line-feed or carriage-return but not both? "ssg31415926" <newsjunkmail@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8c837cc7-dfb8-425f-8eaa-102c731922d2@xxxxxx Quote: > I've tried reading a text file using > > $reportContent = get-content -path $tempFilePath > > but it loses the line-feeds so I just get one long string. Can I do > it with get-content or do I need to use a StreamReader or something > similar?
My System Specs

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