Hi every one i am trying to read a string which is enclosed in double quotes within a file e.g "cars" : I am using this command but unable to read it may be I am not using the right format to read the quotes
$houseid = $json |Get-Content |Select-String -pattern ""houseid":"| measure | select -exp count write-host "houseid = " $houseid I am reading the file from json file
Wrap you pattern in single quotes when it contains quotes. Although it's not necessary, you should add -SimpleMatch to specify that it is a normal string-pattern and not regex.
#Valid sample '"houseid":myjsonvalue' | Select-String -Pattern '"houseid":' -SimpleMatch | measure | select -ExpandProperty count 1 #Invalid sample 'houseid:myjsonvalue' | Select-String -Pattern '"houseid":' -SimpleMatch | measure | select -ExpandProperty count 0 