-replace multiple text and save

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1

I’m tryin to write a script that gets info from active directory to create outlook signatures.
I’m able to get the info from ad, but the problem is that, when I do a -replace, it will only save the one for ‘CELL’, all the others above are not changed or saved in the text file. What am I doing wrong?

$readCode = Get-Content $code

$readCode -replace 'NAME', $fullName | Set-Content -Path $code -Force
$readCode -replace 'TITLE', $jobTitle | Set-Content -Path $code -Force
$readCode -replace 'STREET ADDRESS', $streetAddress | Set-Content -Path $code -Force
$readCode -replace 'ADDRESS', $address | Set-Content -Path $code -Force
$readCode -replace 'PHONE', "Phone $deskPhone" | Set-Content -Path $code -Force
$readCode -replace 'CELL', "Cell $cellPhone" | Set-Content -Path $code -Force

This is what the text file looks like, but I want every thing to change, not just ‘CELL’

NAME
TITLE

STREET ADDRESS
ADDRESS
PHONE
Cell 555-555-5555

2

You are reading the file multiple times and it’s only processing the last line. You can do all the replaces on one line and set the content.

$readCode.Replace("NAME",$fullName).Replace("TITLE",$jobTitle).Replace("STREE ADDRESS", $streetAddress).Replace("ADDRESS", $address).Replace("PHONE", $deskPhone).Replace("CELL", "CELL $cellPhone") | set-content $code
3

Thank you Rick,

Tony

4

I would recommend a switch statement if your file is large.

$file = Get-ChildItem .\Desktop\myfile1.txt

$result = 
switch -File $file {
   'name' {$_ -replace 'name',$fullname}
   'TITLE' {$_ -replace 'TITLE', $jobTitle} 
   'STREET ADDRESS' {$_ -replace 'STREET ADDRESS', $streetAddress}
   'ADDRESS' {$_ -replace 'ADDRESS', $address}
   'PHONE' {$_ -replace 'PHONE', "Phone $deskPhone"}
   'CELL' {$_ -replace 'CELL', "Cell $cellPhone"}
   Default {$_}
}

Set-Content -Path .\Desktop\myfile2.txt -Value $result