Grep - PowerShell Style

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I am having a hard time getting PowerShell to split a string after I "grep" it. I really want to get the 10 largest values out of an hourly web log.

The "Grep" works, but I am not then able to split it:

PS D:\Work\ps> D:\Work\ps\test\grep.ps1 Method invocation failed because [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MatchInfo] doesn't contain a method named 'split'. At D:\Work\ps\test\grep.ps1:8 char:2 + $string.split($separator,0, $option) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

https://communary.net/2014/11/10/grep-the-powershell-way/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2014/07/17/using-the-split-method-in-powershell/

 ##"[com.vendorStuff.utils.Stopwatch]"

 $string = select-string "execution \:" "D:\logs\server.log" -ca
 $separator = "execution \:"
 $option = [System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries
 $string.split($separator,1, $option)
 #$data.Split("execution \:")[1]

It is imporatnt to note: I have already escaped: 'execution :' Couple of things that I have tried:

[string]$Data = sls 'execution \:' "D:\Work\ps\test\server.log" -ca
$data.split('execution \:')[1]

as well as:

$Data = (sls 'execution \:' "D:\Work\ps\test\server.log" -ca).tostring().split('execution \:')[1]

Thanks!

Mike Sherrill 'Cat Recall' · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-17T20:43:03.733

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You can use the -split parameter on a string.

$string = "oneToken execution :andAnotherToken"
$string -split "execution :" 
oneToken 
andAnotherToken

edited May 17 '17 at 20:43

answered May 17 '17 at 20:31

Mike Sherrill 'Cat Recall'

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I was not very clear. The string is already escaped.. It was originally: `"execution :" and is why I made it: `"execution \:" – Leptonator May 17 '17 at 20:34
I have modified the question to include the escape as well as things that I have tried. – Leptonator May 17 '17 at 20:42

Grep - PowerShell Style

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