Select-String to return two lines (set to variables) and everything in between

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1

Here is my dilemma, I have been able to get the code below to search through all of the files in a directory, create new file names based on how I need them, and have even been able to get it to copy the lines of the variables $L and $zC, but I need to get all of the lines in between.

The content between can vary in length and that is why I have it set up this way, but I cannot seem to get it to grab the data. Sample data is posted below with the code underneath.

Thank you so much for all of your help and I eagerly await some expertise from those that actually know Powershell.

Sample Lines from File

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1X1100005600041L184010
1X1100005980041L184004
1X1100006280041L170001
1X1100006130041L184001
1X1100006440041L170001
1X1100006720041L184001
1X1100006860041L184001
1X1100007000041L184001
1X1100007140041L170001
1X1100007280041L170001
1X1100007410041L184010
1X1100007640041L184001
1X1100007760041L184001
1X1100005800041L184001
1X1100006590041L170001
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zC

Coding

$Folder = "c:\Scan_and_Print\"
Get-ChildItem -Path $Folder -Filter *.prn | Foreach {
New-Item -Path $Folder -Name "$( $_.BaseName + "_graphic" ).txt"
New-Item -Path $Folder -Name "$( $_.BaseName + "_dpl" ).txt" }

$PRNFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $Folder -Filter *.prn 
$L = '^.L.*$'
$zC = "zC"
$Middle = "$L(.+?)$zC"

Foreach ( $file in $PRNFiles ) {
    $Results = "C:\Scan_and_Print\$($file.basename + '_dpl').txt"
    Get-Content $file |
        Select-String -pattern $L, $Middle , $zC -AllMatches |
            Select -Expand Line |
                Out-File $Results -Append
}
2

Let’s say you saved the content you showed up here in a file named “C:\sample\sample.txt” … then you could try something like this:

[INT]$Start = Select-String -Path C:\sample\sample.txt -Pattern ‘^L$’ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty linenumber

[INT]$End = Select-String -Path C:\sample\sample.txt -Pattern ‘^zC$’ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty linenumber

(Get-Content -Path C:\sample\sample.txt)[($Start -1 )…$End]

Does this help you?

3

Thank you so much. You got me on the right track, which after a few hours of playing around with it (remember, I’m a newbie), I found that this worked for what I need.

$Folder = "c:\Scan_and_Print\"
Get-ChildItem -Path $Folder -Filter *.prn | Foreach {
New-Item -Path $Folder -Name "$( $_.BaseName + "_graphic" ).txt"
New-Item -Path $Folder -Name "$( $_.BaseName + "_dpl" ).txt" }

$PRNFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $Folder -Filter *.prn 

Foreach ( $file in $PRNFiles ) {
    $Results = "C:\Scan_and_Print\$($file.basename + '_dpl').txt"
    
    $zC = "zC"
    $Start = (Select-String -Path $file -Pattern '^.L.?$').LineNumber
    $End = (Select-String -Path $file -Pattern 'zC').LineNumber
    (Get-Content -Path $file)[($Start -1)..($End -1)] |
        Out-File $Results -Append
}

You have absolutely no idea how much time you have saved me!!! Thank you so much.