Read files that are in use

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I found this online…here.

Worked for me when I tested.



[System.IO.FileStream]$fileStream = [System.IO.File]::Open($inFile, [System.IO.FileMode]::Open, [System.IO.FileAccess]::Read, [System.IO.FileShare]::ReadWrite)


$byteArray = New-Object byte[] $fileStream.Length


$encoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding $true


while ($fileStream.Read($byteArray, 0 , $byteArray.Length)) {


$encoding.GetString($byteArray)


}


$fileStream.Dispose()




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