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Reputation: 53

Powershell split gives error

I'm trying to replace one piece of text in a config file if it doesn't match a parameter. I read in the file for the key phrase

 $list = @((get-content client.cfg) | where { $_ -match "node_name(.*)" } )
 $s = $list.split()

I'm borrowing the parse configuration, but have no idea what class $list is. The split() function gives an error but $s is assigned. The assignment is weird. The regex should give two results but the the $s array has too many fields and I get a system object error.

How can I just $list as a simple text array with the two matches of the regex?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1440

Answers (1)

Chris N
Chris N

Reputation: 7489

To find out what methods are available, and to determine what type of object you're working with, use the Get-Member cmdlet:

$list | gm

In this case, it's probably a string.

The .split() method on a string needs some sort of argument, as far as I'm aware. See the documentation on MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.split.aspx

Upvotes: 2

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