Replace a text part in textfile
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Goal
Replace the text part between ### Test: and ###.
Regex
(?<=<YourStartString>)(.|\n)*(?=<YourEndString>)
Example for a text part:
### Test This Text will changed with the following PowerShell Skript ###
Regex for the example text part below:
(?<=\#\#\#\.Test)(.|\n)*(?=\#\#\#)
PowerShell Skript
File to change - Before the PowerShell Script
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
- Test
This Text will changed with the following PowerShell Script
$FileToChangePath = "C:\Temp\FileToChange.txt" $FileToChange = Get-Content $FileToChangePath -Raw $TemplateTextPartPath = Get-Content "C:\Temp\TemplateTextPart.txt" -Raw $RegexSearch = "### Test" #Search the head of text part $RegexReplace = "(?<=\#\#\#\.Test)(.|\n)*(?=\#\#\#)" If ($FileToChange -match $RegexSearch) { Write-Host "The text part in the file has been changed." -ForegroundColor Green $ChangeTextPart = $FileToChange -replace $RegexReplace, ("`r`n" + $TemplateTextPartPath + "`r`n") Set-Content -Path $FileToChangePath -Value $ChangeTextPart } Else { Write-Host "The text part in the file has been added." -ForegroundColor Yellow Add-Content -Path $FileToChangePath -Value ("`r`n" + "`r`n" + "`r`n" + "`r`n" + "### Test" + "`r`n" + $TemplateTextPartPath + "`r`n" + "###" ) -PassThru }
Text part in the file has been changed - After the PowerShell Script
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
- Test
This Text is the changed text with the PowerShell Script
Regex101: https://regex101.com/