Powershell and ini files

hi
is it possible to read ini keys and values from powershell
because i need some values for my script....

i tried it with

get-content | where {$_ -match "key1" } |set-content ......

but this didnt work....

can you help me please....
king regards selko

You can put the data in a hash table:

get-content file.ini | foreach-object {$iniData = @{}}
{$iniData[$_.split('=')[0]] = $_.split('=')[1]}

....then access the key:

$iniData.key1

--
Kiron

hy this works.... thanks
but what if i got a shema like this:

[exchangeserver]
server1=aaaaa
server2=bbbbb
server3=cccccc
[domaincontroller]
server1=ddddd
server2=eeeee
server3=ffffffff

so this dont work.....
because i got two times server1 f.e.
what do you think?

"Kiron" wrote:

> You can put the data in a hash table:
>
> get-content file.ini | foreach-object {$iniData = @{}}
> {$iniData[$_.split('=')[0]] = $_.split('=')[1]}
>
> ....then access the key:
>
> $iniData.key1
>
> --
> Kiron
>
>

"Selko" <Selko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E8DF5254-C606-472D-A814-8225FE596758@microsoft.com...
> hy this works.... thanks
> but what if i got a shema like this:
>
> [exchangeserver]
> server1=aaaaa
> server2=bbbbb
> server3=cccccc
> [domaincontroller]
> server1=ddddd
> server2=eeeee
> server3=ffffffff

This should work, although not thoroughly tested:

--- import-ini.ps1 ---
param ($file)

$ini = @{}
switch -regex -file $file
{
"^\[(.+)\]$"
{
$section = $matches[1]
$ini[$section] = @{}
}
"(.+)=(.+)"
{
$name,$value = $matches[1..2]
$ini[$section][$name] = $value
}
}
$ini
--- import-ini ---

PS> $servers = import-ini servers.ini
PS> $servers["exchangeserver"]["server1"]
aaaaa
PS> $servers["domaincontroller"]["server1"]
ddddd

Hope that helps,
Jacques

thank you very much ....

that works great

Nice Jacques. If one needs to include empty keys, change the second regex
pattern to:

'(.+)=(.*)'

--
Kiron

hi this dont work if i got a string like this:

[servers]
name1=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc=com

why this script does not work with this string??

thanks

"Jacques Barathon [MS]" wrote:

> "Selko" <Selko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E8DF5254-C606-472D-A814-8225FE596758@microsoft.com...
> > hy this works.... thanks
> > but what if i got a shema like this:
> >
> > [exchangeserver]
> > server1=aaaaa
> > server2=bbbbb
> > server3=cccccc
> > [domaincontroller]
> > server1=ddddd
> > server2=eeeee
> > server3=ffffffff
>
> This should work, although not thoroughly tested:
>
> --- import-ini.ps1 ---
> param ($file)
>
> $ini = @{}
> switch -regex -file $file
> {
> "^\[(.+)\]$"
> {
> $section = $matches[1]
> $ini[$section] = @{}
> }
> "(.+)=(.+)"
> {
> $name,$value = $matches[1..2]
> $ini[$section][$name] = $value
> }
> }
> $ini
> --- import-ini ---
>
> PS> $servers = import-ini servers.ini
> PS> $servers["exchangeserver"]["server1"]
> aaaaa
> PS> $servers["domaincontroller"]["server1"]
> ddddd
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jacques
>
>

I'm not a guru on regex, but I as far as I understand "(.+)=(.+)" will split
your line to
<name>=name1=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc
<value>=com
Lazy regex parsing may change this behavior. Replace the line "(.+)=(.+)"
with "(.+?)=(.+)", this should end up in splitting the line as expected:
<name>=name1
<value>=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc=com

Gerd

BTW: I take a regular look into this DG for a while and wonder why you are
the first in months to ask for INI support. I also ran into this question a
few months ago and did not find INIs supported by PS or by .NET.


"Selko" wrote:

> hi this dont work if i got a string like this:
>
> [servers]
> name1=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc=com
>
> why this script does not work with this string??
>
> thanks
>
> "Jacques Barathon [MS]" wrote:
>
> > "Selko" <Selko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E8DF5254-C606-472D-A814-8225FE596758@microsoft.com...
> > > hy this works.... thanks
> > > but what if i got a shema like this:
> > >
> > > [exchangeserver]
> > > server1=aaaaa
> > > server2=bbbbb
> > > server3=cccccc
> > > [domaincontroller]
> > > server1=ddddd
> > > server2=eeeee
> > > server3=ffffffff
> >
> > This should work, although not thoroughly tested:
> >
> > --- import-ini.ps1 ---
> > param ($file)
> >
> > $ini = @{}
> > switch -regex -file $file
> > {
> > "^\[(.+)\]$"
> > {
> > $section = $matches[1]
> > $ini[$section] = @{}
> > }
> > "(.+)=(.+)"
> > {
> > $name,$value = $matches[1..2]
> > $ini[$section][$name] = $value
> > }
> > }
> > $ini
> > --- import-ini ---
> >
> > PS> $servers = import-ini servers.ini
> > PS> $servers["exchangeserver"]["server1"]
> > aaaaa
> > PS> $servers["domaincontroller"]["server1"]
> > ddddd
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > Jacques
> >
> >

ok thanks i will try this out....

"Gerd Schneider" wrote:

> I'm not a guru on regex, but I as far as I understand "(.+)=(.+)" will split
> your line to
> <name>=name1=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc
> <value>=com
> Lazy regex parsing may change this behavior. Replace the line "(.+)=(.+)"
> with "(.+?)=(.+)", this should end up in splitting the line as expected:
> <name>=name1
> <value>=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc=com
>
> Gerd
>
> BTW: I take a regular look into this DG for a while and wonder why you are
> the first in months to ask for INI support. I also ran into this question a
> few months ago and did not find INIs supported by PS or by .NET.
>
>
> "Selko" wrote:
>
> > hi this dont work if i got a string like this:
> >
> > [servers]
> > name1=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc=com
> >
> > why this script does not work with this string??
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > "Jacques Barathon [MS]" wrote:
> >
> > > "Selko" <Selko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:E8DF5254-C606-472D-A814-8225FE596758@microsoft.com...
> > > > hy this works.... thanks
> > > > but what if i got a shema like this:
> > > >
> > > > [exchangeserver]
> > > > server1=aaaaa
> > > > server2=bbbbb
> > > > server3=cccccc
> > > > [domaincontroller]
> > > > server1=ddddd
> > > > server2=eeeee
> > > > server3=ffffffff
> > >
> > > This should work, although not thoroughly tested:
> > >
> > > --- import-ini.ps1 ---
> > > param ($file)
> > >
> > > $ini = @{}
> > > switch -regex -file $file
> > > {
> > > "^\[(.+)\]$"
> > > {
> > > $section = $matches[1]
> > > $ini[$section] = @{}
> > > }
> > > "(.+)=(.+)"
> > > {
> > > $name,$value = $matches[1..2]
> > > $ini[$section][$name] = $value
> > > }
> > > }
> > > $ini
> > > --- import-ini ---
> > >
> > > PS> $servers = import-ini servers.ini
> > > PS> $servers["exchangeserver"]["server1"]
> > > aaaaa
> > > PS> $servers["domaincontroller"]["server1"]
> > > ddddd
> > >
> > > Hope that helps,
> > > Jacques
> > >
> > >

I would assume that is because XML is (in the long run) a much better
solution and most people that take up Powershell are use to working with
..NET apps and thier .conf XML files. That said, I think it would be nice to
have ini support.

"Gerd Schneider" <GerdSchneider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3BBB868A-16AF-40AC-B680-E91DDE403F14@microsoft.com...
> I'm not a guru on regex, but I as far as I understand "(.+)=(.+)" will
> split
> your line to
> <name>=name1=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc
> <value>=com
> Lazy regex parsing may change this behavior. Replace the line "(.+)=(.+)"
> with "(.+?)=(.+)", this should end up in splitting the line as expected:
> <name>=name1
> <value>=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc=com
>
> Gerd
>
> BTW: I take a regular look into this DG for a while and wonder why you are
> the first in months to ask for INI support. I also ran into this question
> a
> few months ago and did not find INIs supported by PS or by .NET.
>
>
> "Selko" wrote:
>
>> hi this dont work if i got a string like this:
>>
>> [servers]
>> name1=LDAP://testserver1.mydomain.com/OU=test,dc=mydomain,dc=com
>>
>> why this script does not work with this string??
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> "Jacques Barathon [MS]" wrote:
>>
>> > "Selko" <Selko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:E8DF5254-C606-472D-A814-8225FE596758@microsoft.com...
>> > > hy this works.... thanks
>> > > but what if i got a shema like this:
>> > >
>> > > [exchangeserver]
>> > > server1=aaaaa
>> > > server2=bbbbb
>> > > server3=cccccc
>> > > [domaincontroller]
>> > > server1=ddddd
>> > > server2=eeeee
>> > > server3=ffffffff
>> >
>> > This should work, although not thoroughly tested:
>> >
>> > --- import-ini.ps1 ---
>> > param ($file)
>> >
>> > $ini = @{}
>> > switch -regex -file $file
>> > {
>> > "^\[(.+)\]$"
>> > {
>> > $section = $matches[1]
>> > $ini[$section] = @{}
>> > }
>> > "(.+)=(.+)"
>> > {
>> > $name,$value = $matches[1..2]
>> > $ini[$section][$name] = $value
>> > }
>> > }
>> > $ini
>> > --- import-ini ---
>> >
>> > PS> $servers = import-ini servers.ini
>> > PS> $servers["exchangeserver"]["server1"]
>> > aaaaa
>> > PS> $servers["domaincontroller"]["server1"]
>> > ddddd
>> >
>> > Hope that helps,
>> > Jacques
>> >
>> >