Vista - Using lines in a text file

07-31-2008

I have a text file with names of applications such as Agent, E-Notify, etc. I
read the content of the file with Get-Content. I want to use the application
names to create a path like : "C:\" + $appname. How can I use the output from
get-content? While? ForEach?
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Terry Edwards

07-31-2008

If the file contains one app name per line you can pipe the contents to Join-Path's -ChildPath parameter:

gc .\Apps.txt | join-path 'c:\' -ch {$_}

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Kiron

07-31-2008

On Jul 31, 1:14*pm, tERRY <tE...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

> I have a text file with names of applications such as Agent, E-Notify, etc. I
> read the content of the file with Get-Content. I want to use the application
> names to create a path like : "C:\" + $appname. How can I use the output from
> get-content? While? ForEach?
> --
> Terry Edwards

Foreach should work fine in this situation, since gc grabs one string
per line. Try this:

Get-Content appfile.txt | Foreach {md "C:\$_"}

08-01-2008

Thanks a bunch. Your suggestion worked like a charm. As a newbie to PS and to
object oriented programming it was getting the pieces in the right relation
that had me stumpted.
--
Terry Edwards

"tojo2000" wrote:

Quote:

> On Jul 31, 1:14 pm, tERRY <tE...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

> > I have a text file with names of applications such as Agent, E-Notify, etc. I
> > read the content of the file with Get-Content. I want to use the application
> > names to create a path like : "C:\" + $appname. How can I use the output from
> > get-content? While? ForEach?
> > --
> > Terry Edwards

>
> Foreach should work fine in this situation, since gc grabs one string
> per line. Try this:
>
> Get-Content appfile.txt | Foreach {md "C:\$_"}
>
>
>
>
>

07-31-2008	#1 (permalink)
tERRY n/a posts	Using lines in a text file I have a text file with names of applications such as Agent, E-Notify, etc. I read the content of the file with Get-Content. I want to use the application names to create a path like : "C:\" + $appname. How can I use the output from get-content? While? ForEach? -- Terry Edwards
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07-31-2008	#2 (permalink)
Kiron n/a posts	Re: Using lines in a text file If the file contains one app name per line you can pipe the contents to Join-Path's -ChildPath parameter: gc .\Apps.txt \| join-path 'c:\' -ch {$_} -- Kiron
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07-31-2008	#3 (permalink)
tojo2000 n/a posts	Re: Using lines in a text file On Jul 31, 1:14*pm, tERRY <tE...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > I have a text file with names of applications such as Agent, E-Notify, etc. I > read the content of the file with Get-Content. I want to use the application > names to create a path like : "C:\" + $appname. How can I use the output from > get-content? While? ForEach? > -- > Terry Edwards Foreach should work fine in this situation, since gc grabs one string per line. Try this: Get-Content appfile.txt \| Foreach {md "C:\$_"}
My System Specs

08-01-2008	#4 (permalink)
tERRY n/a posts	Re: Using lines in a text file Thanks a bunch. Your suggestion worked like a charm. As a newbie to PS and to object oriented programming it was getting the pieces in the right relation that had me stumpted. -- Terry Edwards "tojo2000" wrote: Quote: > On Jul 31, 1:14 pm, tERRY <tE...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > > I have a text file with names of applications such as Agent, E-Notify, etc. I > > read the content of the file with Get-Content. I want to use the application > > names to create a path like : "C:\" + $appname. How can I use the output from > > get-content? While? ForEach? > > -- > > Terry Edwards > > Foreach should work fine in this situation, since gc grabs one string > per line. Try this: > > Get-Content appfile.txt \| Foreach {md "C:\$_"} > > > > >
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