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Hituptony
Hituptony

Reputation: 2860

URL File Replace IP Address ONLY

I have a .URL file in my favorites like this:

[DEFAULT]
BASEURL=http://www.facebook.com/
[{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
Prop3=19,2
[InternetShortcut]
URL=https://31.13.74.144/
IDList=
IconFile=http://www.facebook.com/favicon.ico
IconIndex=1

I want to replace the IP address portion with the IP address of FB which I pull out in a Powershell script:

# set .url file
$outfile = "C:\Users\aborgetti\Favorites\facebook.url"
# set regex pattern to replace in url file
$regex = '\b\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\b'
# grab the ping
$ping = New-Object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
# grab the facebook IP ONLY
$ips = $($ping.Send("www.facebook.com").Address).IPAddressToString
# output to shell for test
GC $outfile| Where-Object { $_ -match "(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})"}| ForEach-Object {$_ -replace $ips}

I think I'm close, but my -match matches the entire line of the string and returns URL=https://31.13.74.144/

Would it be easier to store the results of GC $outfile| Where-Object { $_ -match "(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})"} to a variable and then do a substring?

Am I missing something? I know there's got to be an easier way to do this.

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1966

Answers (2)

Frode F.
Frode F.

Reputation: 54911

You're using it wrong. You're searching for lines including an IP, and then trying to remove the new ip, which wasn't even in the text. -replace 'matchpattern, 'newvalue' is the syntax to replace text. -replace 'matchpattern' deletes the matched text.

What you want to do is: Show all lines(Get-Content) -> Replace all IPs with new IP. Like:

GC $outfile| Foreach-Object { $_ -replace "(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})", $ips}

Upvotes: 2

mjolinor
mjolinor

Reputation: 68321

Any help?

(gc $outfile) -replace '^URL=https://[0-9.]+/',"URL=https://$((Test-Connection www.facebook.com -Count 1 ).IPV4Address)"

Upvotes: 2

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