I've managed to use Select-String to get my output and my variable, it's
splitting the variable up (from something like *ClientOS=ThinOS_Wyse* down
to just *ThinOS_Wyse*) that's frying my brain now. I really should take
reference publications kindly provided by people down the years with me
onto sites :-(
All fun!
On 16 April 2013 17:00, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:05 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('CTXCliOS.exe ^| find "ClientOS"') do
> set
> > ClientOS=%%a& call :SET
> >
> > goto :eof
> >
> > :SET
> >
> > reg add HKCU\Software\Custom /v ClientOS /t REG_SZ /d %ClientOS% /f
> > goto :eof
> >
>
> > What I'm wondering is what format do I use to convert this to PowerShell
> > (which will avoid having to invoke a separate command script file)?
>
> Only work will convert a script to another language. :)
>
> > What's the command to call an outside executable
>
> Nominally, just write out the command on a line, same as a batch
> file or *nix shell script. However, if the external executable needs
> to be quoted (e.g., file name or path contains spaces), you need to
> prefix the command line with an ampersand (&). Otherwise PowerShell
> treats it as a string. Kind of a wart on what's generally a much
> cleaner language. You can always specify & if you want.
>
> I believe you want something like:
>
> $match = & CTXCliOS.exe | Select-String -Pattern 'ClientOS\s+(.+)'
> if($match) {
> $clientOS = <then a miracle occurs>
> Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Custom' -Name ClientOS
> -Value $clientOS
> }
>
> I'm having trouble figuring out how to get the regexp capture out of
> the $match object returned by Select-String though. Get-Member leads
> me to believe I should be able to do something with
>
> $match.Matches[0].Groups
>
> but it seems to descend into some kind of recursive nightmare at that
> point that makes me believe I'm missing something more fundamental.
>
> -- Ben
>
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