CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 41

How to add a text in a file with an argument in Powershell

I am trying to add the text passed as an argument in powershell to config file. Below is the sample of the code. What I am expecting that below command will read the config file & search for parameter1 & when it find the parameter it will add the value (passed as an argument) after "=" 

(gc config.params) -replace "Parameter1 =", "$&` $1" | sc inifile.params

So the output supposed to be like: Parameter1 = hostname

when the following command will be executed: powershell.exe Untitled1.ps1 hostname

Please suggest.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 205

Answers (1)

TessellatingHeckler
TessellatingHeckler

Reputation: 28993

$1 is not how arguments are passed to PowerShell scripts; they get an array $args or you specify parameter names. And the array does not have the script path as the first element.

So, for your code:

(gc config.params) -replace "Parameter1 =", "$&` $($args[0])" | sc inifile.params

or

param($text)

(gc config.params) -replace "Parameter1 =", "$&` $text" | sc inifile.params

Upvotes: 1

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