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PowerShell Search XML by selected option
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Dorababu Meka
Jul 20
2016
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Sample XML that I used
<
Employees
>
<
Employee
>
<
Name
>
TestName
</
Name
>
<
Age
>
32
</
Age
>
<
Location
>
Hyderabad
</
Location
>
</
Employee
>
<
Employee
>
<
Name
>
TestName1
</
Name
>
<
Age
>
29
</
Age
>
<
Location
>
Hyderabad
</
Location
>
</
Employee
>
<
Employee
>
<
Name
>
TestName3
</
Name
>
<
Age
>
45
</
Age
>
<
Location
>
Rajahmundry
</
Location
>
</
Employee
>
</
Employees
>
PowerShell script
?cls
function XmlOperations
{
$xml = [xml](Get-Content C:\Dorababu\sample.xml)
Write-Host
"Please choose an option `n 1) Based on Name `n 2) Based on Age `n 3) Based on Location `n"
$inputNumber = Read-Host
#$inputNumber = Read-Host "Please select an option `n`n 1) Based on Name `n 2) Based on Age `n 3) Based on Location `n " -NoNewline
$SearchColumn = @()
switch
($inputNumber)
{
1{ $SearchColumn = Read-Host -Prompt
"`n Enter Name"
$xml.Employees.Employee | where { $_.Name -like
"*$SearchColumn*"
} }
2{ $SearchColumn = Read-Host -Prompt
"`n Enter Age"
$xml.Employees.Employee | where { $_.Age -like
"*$SearchColumn*"
} }
3{ $SearchColumn = Read-Host -Prompt
"`n Enter Location"
$xml.Employees.Employee | where { $_.Location -like
"*$SearchColumn*"
} }
default
{
$SearchColumn = Read-Host -Prompt
"`n Enter Name"
$xml.Employees.Employee | where { $_.Name -like
"*$SearchColumn*"
} }
}
}
XmlOperations
PowerShell