How to exit Select-String after 100 matches found?

Question

Is it possbilbe to exit Select-String after 100 matches so that it does not have to read until the end of the text file?

I want to get a sample of matches that is only first 100 matches.

Is there a way to achieve this?

Assuming you use PS v3+: `Select-Object -First 100`. – user4003407 Apr 17 '16 at 20:01 — user4003407, Apr 17 '16 at 20:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 17 '16 at 22:25

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Try this. You probably could use a Do-Until loop or a for loop and increment a counter then break the loop once you reach the desired number.

$q = Get-Content 'C:\docs\qqq.txt'

$q | Select-String -Pattern "(Patching)" | Select -first 100

answered Apr 17 '16 at 22:25

user4317867

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