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Please see this thread for reference

How can I scan using nmap and Zenmap all hostnames that begin with a particular string?

One of the answers in the thread above uses the following query (I take no credit at all for the command):

nmap -sL -oG - 192.168.0.0/24 | awk '$3~/^(org/{print $2}' | nmap -iL -`

It scans all nodes for hostnames starting with org and returns a list of matching nodes.

It works great in a Unix/Linux environment, but I need an equivalent for Windows. I'd prefer not to use awk, sed, or grep packages for Windows. I'd like to maintain a standard and use PowerShell and/or Perl.

Is there an equivalent way to construct this query using PowerShell and/or Perl, along with nmap?

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    You've [not accepted any answer](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/how-does-accepting-an-answer-work) on the original question. Did none of the answers work for that one? – jscott Mar 22 '13 at 19:36
  • Thank you. I just accepted it a moment ago, since it does work (very well) in linux/unix environments. But I need an equivalent for Windows-based systems. – user717236 Mar 22 '13 at 19:56

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The Nmap parts of that command should work the same. To convert the awk command to Perl, use:

perl -lane "print $F[1] if $F[2]=~/^\(org/"

(Because of quoting differences between Windows cmd.exe and most *nix shells, *nix shells should use single quotes instead of double)

To do the same in PowerShell, this should work (not tested):

%{ if ($_.Split()[2] -match "^\(org") { $_.Split()[1]; } }
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  • Thank you very much. I appreciate it. The Perl version works great. But I'm getting an error in PowerShell: `Bad argument to operator '-match': parsing "^(r" - Not Enough )'s..` – user717236 Mar 22 '13 at 20:49
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    I had to change the powershell version slightly to clear the error: `%{ if ($_.Split()[2] -match "^\(org") { $_.Split()[1]; } }`. I just added a backslash before the parenthesis in the regex and changed the array index in the output. Thank you for your help! – user717236 Mar 22 '13 at 20:56
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    @user717236 Thanks for the corrections. I've applied them in the answer above. – bonsaiviking Mar 22 '13 at 21:10