Hello.

I created this script:
$location = "c:\"
Get-Content c:\case\result.txt|`
 foreach {if ($_ -match "(?[a-z,A-Z,0-9,_]+)\s+([a-z,A-Z,0-9,_]+)\s+(?[a-z,A-Z,0-9,_]+)")`
{$matches["server"] + "," + $matches["owner"]}}|`
 out-file $location\$matches["server"].txt -app

and I receive the following error:
Out-File : Cannot perform operation because the wildcard path c:\case\System.Collections.Hashtable[server].txt did not resolve to a file. At line:4 char:9 + out-file <<<< $location\$matches["server"].txt + CategoryInfo : OpenError: (c:\case\System....ble[server].txt:String) [Out-File], FileNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutFileCommand

If I don't use the $matches["server"] it works perfectly.

I tried several ways around this but didn't make it.

Please assist.

Thanks in advance.

Try putting the file name in quotes to expand the variables: 

out-file "$location\$matches["server"].txt" -app

(Edited my answer)

I would suggest using where-object in place of nesting an if statement within foreach.  The result is not only cleaner, but also more performant as you're not passing every line down the pipeline.


$location = "C:\" Get-Content c:\case\result.txt | Where-Object { $_ -match "(?[a-z,A-Z,0-9,_]+)\s+([a-z,A-Z,0-9,_]+)\s+(?[a-z,A-Z,0-9,_]+)"} | Out-File -FilePath (Join-Path -Path $location -ChildPath $matches["server"]) -Append ` -InputObject ("{0},{1}" -f $matches["server"], $matches["owner"]) ~Glenn

Yes, what glnsize said is right. It's simple.

For the exception you're getting, it's first expanding $matches and confused, so try this in that kind of situations:

out-file $location\$($matches["server"]).txt -app

Hello.

glinzie I tried your script and I received the following error:
Out-File : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input an
d its properties do not match any of the parameters that take pipeline input.
At line:3 char:11
+ Out-File <<<< -FilePath (Join-Path -Path c:\case\ -ChildPath $matches["server"]) -Append `
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (medbwspsp002 ... :PSObject) [Out-File], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutFileCommand


This is part of the file for which I'm reading the content:
hfacit100 Windows_NetServer Uni_Admin
hfacit101 Windows_NetServer Uni_Admin

sureshbabutadisetty I tried the location as you mentioned and it still gives error.


Thanks.

remove -InputObject ("{0},{1}" -f $matches["server"], $matches["owner"]) and try again