PowerShell text file and csv read / write

This article is a summary of examples for creating and reading text and CSV files in PowerShell.

Create text file

'Name','Nummer' | out-file c:\temp\text.txt

'Name,Nummer' | out-file c:\temp\text.csv

'Walter,007' | out-file c:\temp\text.csv -Append

Get-Content c:\temp\text.txt

By means of Export-CSV objects can be exported to a CSV file:

get-counter | Export-CSV test.csv -append

"append" adds values to an existing .csv file and creates a .csv file if none exists

Possibly useful additional parameters:

-Encoding UTF8 ... encodes the file in UTF8, may be needed in case of problems with umlauts

-Delimiter ";" ... Instead of "," as separator ";" is used

-NoTypeInformation -Force ... disables the first line in the CSV where PowerShell stores information about the file.

Import-csv c:\temp\text.csv

Import-csv c:\temp\text.csv | select -ExpandProperty Nummer

Import-csv c:\temp\text.csv | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq 'Walter'}

$(Import-csv c:\temp\text.csv | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq 'Walter'}).Nummer

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Publication: 2022-05-02 from Bernhard | Übersetzung Deutsch |🔔

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