Changing nth character for each item of a list in powershell

_{Tuesday, November 1, 2016 3:05 PM}

Hi, I have a list like this

ABC123;QC

DEF456;QC

GHI789;QC

and I want to change the 2nd and the 3rd character for * so mi list would become

A**123;QC

D**456;QC

G**789;QC

How can I do that in powershell?

_{Tuesday, November 1, 2016 3:24 PM}

We do not ****** on request :)

PS: i would propably use Substring and replace method

_{Tuesday, November 1, 2016 3:27 PM | 1 vote}

$s = 'ABC123;QC'
$s.Remove(1,2).Insert(1,'**')

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_{Tuesday, November 1, 2016 5:36 PM}

My list is under D:\script\TEST.txt so I used part of your solution and now it's working thanks!!

$test = "D:\script\TEST.txt"
$sub ="D:\script\TEST2.txt"
Clear-Content $sub

$data = Get-Content -Path $test
foreach ($line in $data)
{
$plate=($line.Remove(1,2).Insert(1,'**'))
Add-content $sub $plate
}

_{Tuesday, November 1, 2016 5:45 PM}

Time to learn PowerShell:

Get-Content D:\script\TEST.txt | %{ $_.Remove(1, 2).Insert(1, '**') } | Out-File D:\script\TEST2.txt

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