# Search multiline string and edit it.

**URL:** <https://forums.powershell.org/t/search-multiline-string-and-edit-it/586>\
**Category:** PowerShell Help\
**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/search-multiline-string-and-edit-it/586 "2011-12-31T18:30:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/search-multiline-string-and-edit-it/586/1 "2011-12-31T18:30:00Z")

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by OliAdams at 2013-02-10 05:41:54

> This is what is returned when I query backup exec. which is stored in the variable $JobInfo.  
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> JOB ID: {1234-123-1234}  
> JOB ID: {1234-123-1223}  
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> NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 2  
> RETURN VALUE: 1  
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> I am trying to find a way to extract the jobid’s from this output.  
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> Thanks in advance.

by DonJ at 2013-02-10 07:38:53

> You’d probably use a regular expression, the -match operator, and the resulting $matches collection. Check out about\_regular\_expressions in the shell’s help.  
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> If the string format is pretty consistent, you could also do…  
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> `foreach ($job in $jobinfo) { $id = $job.substring(9,13)}`  
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> Or something similar. Depends on how consistent the format is.

by OliAdams at 2013-02-12 00:44:11

> Thanks for the fast reply. I didnt realise at first until I saw Don Jones on the book I am reading at the moment your powershell 3 book is fantastic. I have ordered the Toolmaking book aswell.

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