Move and replace text in quotes

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1

Hello folks,

I’m trying to move any word after #DINDEX (unknown word) Line #8 up to Line #3, then replace the word in quotes after #BQUEUE with the new word in quotes.

$Files = get-childitem c:\BDITest2\ -recurse -include *.ierl
foreach ($File in $Files)
{
$line8 = (Get-Content $File -TotalCount 8)[-1] -replace "#DINDEX","#BQUEUE"
$fileContent = Get-Content $File
$fileContent[2] = "$line8"
$fileContent[7] = "#DINDEX"
$fileContent | Set-Content $file
}

Example:
#BATCH
#BLABEL “BDI_Cmore_Results_AH Oct 07 20”
#BQUEUE “RELMAGQ” ---------- Delete the second word
#DOCUMENT
#DINDEX GE
#DINDEX MR1111111
#DINDEX 119998891
#DINDEX PFT ---------- Move the second (Unknown word) to line 3 then place in quotes

2

I am really not sure I follow your logic here, but, are you saying you are trying to from this…
(Through not as elegant as it can be and only targeting one word)

Clear-Host
“Original file *********`n”
($BatchFileData = (Get-Content -Path ‘D:\Scripts\PowerShellTips\BatchTextFIle.txt’) )
“`n”
Write-Warning -Message ‘Replacing line3 2nd word with 2nd word from line8 and removing 2nd word from line8’
(
$BatchFileData `
-replace (($BatchFileData[2] -split ’ ')[2],($BatchFileData[7] -split ’ ')[2])) `
-replace ($BatchFileData[7]),($BatchFileData[7] -split ’ ')[0…1]

Results

Original file *********

#BATCH
#BLABEL “BDI_Cmore_Results_AH Oct 07 20”
#BQUEUE “RELMAGQ” “BQUEUE2ndWord”
#DOCUMENT
#DINDEX GE
#DINDEX MR1111111
#DINDEX 119998891
#DINDEX PFT “DDINDEX2ndWord”

WARNING: Replacing line3 2nd word with 2nd word from line8 and removing 2nd word from line8
#BATCH
#BLABEL “BDI_Cmore_Results_AH Oct 07 20”
#BQUEUE “RELMAGQ” “DDINDEX2ndWord”
#DOCUMENT
#DINDEX GE
#DINDEX MR1111111
#DINDEX 119998891
#DINDEX PFT

3 
$Files = Get-ChildItem c:\BDITest2\ -Recurse -Include *.ierl
foreach ($File in $Files) {
    $myContent = Get-Content $File
    if ($myContent.Count -ne 8) { throw "Error: file ($File) has ($($myContent.Count)) lines - expecting (8)" }
    $DesiredWord = $myContent[7].Split(' ')[1]
    "Identified desired word in line 8 as ($DesiredWord)" # You can comment this line
    $ReplacementLine3 = "#BQUEUE ""$DesiredWord"""
    "Changing line 3 from ($($myContent[2])) to ($ReplacementLine3)" # You can comment this line
    $myContent[2] = $ReplacementLine3
    "Writing back to file ($File)" # You can comment this line
    $myContent | Out-File $File -Force
}
4

Thank you @Sam, That worked perfectly!!!