Vista - Multi-line text becomes a one-liner

Hi,

I want to update some lines in a text file. I can 'cat' the file but when I
pass the contents of the file to a function the multi-line content suddenly
becomes a one-liner. How can I prevent the removal of all newline characters?

<code>
function update_text ( [string]$MYNFC ) {
$MYNFC
}

# Get contents of a multiline file
$NFC = cat c:\temp\test.txt
"Original contents of NFC ="
$NFC
# Update contents of $NFC
$NFC = update_text $NFC
"Contents of NFC after update_text ="
$NFC
</code>


Output:

31# D:\data\servers\test.ps1
Original contents of NFC =
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
Contents of NFC after update_text =
line 1 line 2 line 3 line 4

regards

Michiel

The reason is that the $MYFUNC parameter is strong type as a [string]
You could strong type it as a string array [string[]]

function update_text ( [string[]]$MYNFC ) { $MYNFC }

....or let PowerShell handle it for you:

function update_text ( $MYNFC ) { $MYNFC }

--
Kiron