.replace question

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so i was doing something like this

$regex = “\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}”

Get-ChildItem $folder -Filter *.log | ForEach-Object {
$newname = $folder + “\Parsed\parsed_” + $.Name
$content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($.FullName).replace($regex, “$& + text”)

and $content was not changed a bit

while this worked fine:
$regex = “\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}”

Get-ChildItem $folder -Filter *.log | ForEach-Object {
$newname = $folder + “\Parsed\parsed_” + $.Name
$content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($.FullName)
$newcontent = [regex]::Replace($content, $regex, “$& text”)

and i cant really understand why? any ideas?
Thanks in advance

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The String.Replace method has nothing to do with regular expressions. It’s a straight text comparison. [regex]::Replace works, as does the -replace operator in PowerShell (which does use regex). This is where getting to know the .NET framework a bit will help:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.replace(v=vs.110).aspx

$content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($_.FullName) -replace $regex, "$& text"
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well, thanks! -…-