Processing XML

I have the following script:

Param(
$prefix,
$volumeTrustees
)


#Load the Trustees files
[xml]$trustees = get-content $volumeTrustees

#Get all the Valid nodes

$validNodes=$trustees.SelectNodes("//Path[starts-with(text(), '$prefix')]/..")

$validNodes | ft


The output is:

subdirectory /apps/Risk/Advisor Switchboard
{User, User, User, User...}
subdirectory /apps/softlogm
{User, User, User, User...}
subdirectory /apps/SuperReport
{User, User, User, User}
subdirectory /apps/Risk/elmapp
{User, User}

And the input looks something like:
<Path>/apps/ABC</Path>
<User
rights="_R____F_">.CN=GJudd.OU=AllStaff.OU=BRIS.O=BDOK.T=BDOKENDALLS.</User>
<User
rights="_RWC__F_">.CN=AUpchurch.OU=AllStaff.OU=BRIS.O=BDOK.T=BDOKENDALLS.</User>
<User
rights="_RWCEMF_">.CN=Everyone.OU=AllStaff.OU=BRIS.O=BDOK.T=BDOKENDALLS.</User>
<User
rights="_R____F_">.CN=RPhillips.OU=AllStaff.OU=BRIS.O=BDOK.T=BDOKENDALLS.</User>
<User
rights="_RWCEMF_">.CN=Maximus.OU=AllStaff.OU=BRIS.O=BDOK.T=BDOKENDALLS.</User>
</Trustee_List>
<Trustee_List type="subdirectory">
<Path>/apps/ABC3</Path>
<User
rights="_RWCEMF_">.CN=Maximus.OU=AllStaff.OU=BRIS.O=BDOK.T=BDOKENDALLS.</User>
<User
rights="_RWCEMF_">.CN=TeamBMH.OU=AllStaff.OU=BRIS.O=BDOK.T=BDOKENDALLS.</User>
</Trustee_List>


My problem is I'd like to select each Path and then list all the 'User'
nodes for that path. I can't help think there is a better way than using
ForEach-object.

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Jacob

On Oct 21, 2:18*am, Jacob <jacob(AT)hfws.net.nospam> wrote:
$validNodes|%{$t=$_.Path;$_.User|write-host $t,$_}

The key to nesting foreach pipelines (i.e. pipelines with %{}) is to
store the $_ value (or the part of it you need) in a temp variable
before creating the nested one. It's also possible to access the
parent scope of $_ but I usually consider that just too messy to
bother with.

RickB wrote: Or you can use Foreach-the-Statement (not foreach-object-the-cmdlet):

foreach ( $node in $validNodes ) { $node.User | % { $node.Path, $_ } }

is one example...

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$signature = "Hal Rottenberg, MVP - Admin Frameworks"
$projects = @{ title = "Blog Author"; url = "http://halr9000.com" },
@{ title = "Co-host"; url = "http://powerscripting.net" },
@{ title = "Community Director"; url = "http://PowerShellCommunity.org" },
@{ title = "Psi Webmaster"; url = "http://psi-im.org" }

Thanks guys that did the trick.
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Jacob



"Hal Rottenberg [MVP]" wrote: