Extract OU and Domain from DistinguishedName

Question

I have a user named Lamda that I want to extract the OU and Domain sequence from the DistinguishedName.

For example, for the DistinguishedName of CN=Lamda,OU=OU_Bloquage,DC=Adminstrateur,DC=6NLG-AD

I want to extract the sequence OU=OU_Bloquage,DC=Adminstrateur,DC=6NLG-AD and assign to a variable.

I tried the following script but it did not work:

$var = dsquery user -name 'Lamda' | dsget user -dn [regex]::match($var,'(?=OU)(.*\n?)(?<=.)').Value

That just gets the user details, which I'd already assumed you had. What have you done to try to extract the info you want? Incidentally, why not use the [AD Cmdlets](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/addsadministration/?view=win10-ps) instead of a command-line tool? It's almost always easier to use a 'native' PowerShell command rather than external apps. — boxdog, Mar 01 '19 at 09:15
Okey I tried the following script but it did not work $var = dsquery user -name 'Lamda' | dsget user -dn [regex]::match($var,'(?=OU)(.*\n?)(?<=.)').Value — MKH_Cerbebrus, Mar 01 '19 at 09:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '19 at 09:33

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Split by non-escaped comma once, discard the first substring:

$null,$ou = 'CN=Lamda,OU=OU_Bloquage,DC=Adminstrateur,DC=6NLG-AD' -split '(?<!\\),',2

answered Mar 01 '19 at 09:33

Mathias R. Jessen

The $ou variable ends up with } at the end ,how can I remove it – MKH_Cerbebrus Mar 01 '19 at 09:42
@MohamedKhalilHannachi `$ou.TrimEnd(')')` – Mathias R. Jessen Mar 01 '19 at 09:56

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