Read XML with nested multiple elements/nodes

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#1

I have this following XML file that is read with the Powershell script below. It reads all the elements to the screen except for the nested Filename:

param([string] $xmlFilePath='P:\TestFileNamesT6.xml')
[xml] $xmlContent = [xml] (Get-Content -Path $xmlFilePath)
# the next line is missing in 99% of all examples I have seen
[System.Xml.XmlElement] $root = $xmlContent.get_DocumentElement()
# notice the corresponding change in the next line
[System.Xml.XmlElement] $FileGroups = $root.FileGroups
[System.Xml.XmlElement] $FileGroup = $null
Clear-Host
foreach($FileGroup in $Filegroups.ChildNodes)
{
[string] $FileGroupName = $FileGroup.FileGroupName
[string] $DriveName = $FileGroup.DriveName
[string] $Path = $FileGroup.Path
    foreach($Filename in $Filenames.ChildNodes)
    {
    [string] $Filename = $FileGroup.Filename
    Write-Host (“FileGroupName={0},DriveName={1},Path={2},Filename={3}” -f $FileGroupName,$DriveName,$Path,$Filename)
    }
    Write-Host (“FileGroupName={0},DriveName={1},Path={2},Filename={3}” -f $FileGroupName,$DriveName,$Path,$Filename)
}

Output:

FileGroupName=Group1,DriveName=M:,Path=\Host1.Share1.net\Group1,Filename=
FileGroupName=Group2,DriveName=T:,Path=\Host1.Share2.net\Group2,Filename=
FileGroupName=Group3,DriveName=T:,Path=\Host1.Share3.net\Group3,Filename=
FileGroupName=Group4,DriveName=S:,Path=\Host1.Share4.net\Group4,Filename=
FileGroupName=Group5,DriveName=X:,Path=\Host1.Share5.net\Group5,Filename=
FileGroupName=Group6,DriveName=U:,Path=\Host2.Share6.net\Group6,Filename=
FileGroupName=Group7,DriveName=Y:,Path=\Host2.Share7.net\Group7,Filename=
FileGroupName=Group8,DriveName=Z:,Path=\Host3.Share8.net\Group8,Filename=
PS P:>

 

	
		
			Group1
			M:
			\\Host1.Share1.net\Group1
			
				File1.dat
				File2.dat
				File3.dat
			
		
		
			Group2
			T:
			\\Host1.Share2.net\Group2
			
				File4.csv
				File5.csv
				File6.csv
			
		
		
			Group3
			T:
			\\Host1.Share3.net\Group3
			
				File7.txt
				File8.txt
				File9.txt
			
		
		
			Group4
			S:
			\\Host1.Share4.net\Group4
			
				File10.dat
				File10.dat.ok
				File11.dat
				File12.dat.ok
			
		
		
			Group5
			X:
			\\Host1.Share5.net\Group5
			
				File13.txt
				File14.txt
				File15.txt
			
		
		
			Group6
			U:
			\\Host2.Share6.net\Group6
			
				File16.csv
				File17.csv
				File18.csv
			
		
		
			Group7
			Y:
			\\Host2.Share7.net\Group7
			
				File19.dat
				File19.dat.ok
				File20.dat
				File21.dat.ok
			
		
		
			Group8
			Z:
			\\Host3.Share8.net\Group8
			
				File22.dat
				File22.dat.ok
#2

So, you’ll need to put your XML into Gist on GitHub, and then paste the Gist URL here. Because XML looks just like HTML, browsers try to render it, which means we can’t see the actual XML.