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Selecting Multiple Strings with the SELECT-STRING command in PowerShell

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Monday, May 8, 2017 6:24 PM

I am able to search through a log file for one string, but I want to search the file for a handful of strings.  How would I update the command below to search for string1, string2, and string3?

 select-string "string1" | Out-File C:\parsed.csv

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 8:42 AM âś…Answered | 2 votes

Hi Nick,

Try:

Select-String -pattern "string1", "string2", "string3"

Select-String [-Pattern] <String[]>

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/reference/5.1/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-string?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Best regards,

Andy

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 7:57 AM

Hi Nick,

According to your description, your issue is more related about PowerShell. And this forum is discussing and asking questions about the Windows Form and ClickOnce,  I will move this thread to corresponding forum: PowerShell Forum for dedicated information. You will get a more professional support from there, thank you for your understanding.

Best Regards,

Stanly

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