Posted On March 7, 2022

PowerShell: Search File Contents Matching a Phrase or String

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$searchDirectories='C:\users\Public\.jenkins\jobs'
$searchDepth=1
$fileNameScope='*.xml'
$searchString='kimconnect'

# Select the files and perform the search in each file
$files=Get-ChildItem -Path $searchDirectories -Depth $searchDepth -Filter $fileNameScope
$files|%{
    $x=Select-String -Path $_ -Pattern $searchString;
    if($x){
        write-host "File $_ contains $searchString`r`n$x`r`n"
    }
    }

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