Scripting

9.4    Regular Expressions in PowerShell

Because of the object-oriented approach of PowerShell, analyzing text is less often required than in Bash scripts. Often the simple reading of properties leads to the goal. On Windows, text files for configuration or with logging data are the exception rather than the rule. Nevertheless, PowerShell also provides various regex features to help process text. In PowerShell, the regex syntax of the .NET framework applies, which is largely compatible with PCRE. Refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/regular-expression-language-quick-reference.

9.4.1    The match and replace Operators

The easiest way to use regular expressions is with the various match operators: txt -match pattern ...