Functions/Get-PrivateProfileComment.ps1
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function Get-PrivateProfileComment { <# .SYNOPSIS To get comments from an .ini file .DESCRIPTION To get comments from an .ini file. Comments are lines that begin with a semicolon ';'. .PARAMETER File The path to the .ini file. Can be a relative path. .PARAMETER Section The name of the section within the .ini file. Section names within the file are enveloped in square brackets. '[]' If Section is blank '' then the comments are for the file and will be placed above all sections. .EXAMPLE Get-PrivateProfileComment -File Test2.ini -Section '' Assuming that the file Test2.ini had a line at the top above all sections that contained a string '; file comment 1' then the function would return ; file comment 1 .EXAMPLE Get-PrivateProfileComment -File Test2.ini -Section 'Section2' ; new section comment .NOTES I wanted to have an ability to get comments from an .ini file. .OUTPUTS [string[]] #> [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact='Low')] param( [string] $File, [string] $Section ) begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" Write-Verbose -Message 'Trimming parameters.' $Section = $Section.Trim() $InSection = $false } process { if (Test-Path -Path $File) { $ResolveFile = Resolve-Path -Path $File if ($ResolveFile.count -gt 1) { Write-Error -Message "ERROR: File specification [$File] resolves to more than 1 file." } else { Write-Verbose -Message "Using file [$ResolveFile] in section [$Section], getting comments" $IniContent = Get-Content -Path $ResolveFile if ($Section -eq '') { $InSection = $true } $IniContent | ForEach-Object -Process { if ($InSection) { if ($_ -match '^\s*;.*$') { $_ } elseif ($_ -match '^(\s*\[\s*)([\S\s+\S|\S]+)(\s*\]).*$') { break } } if ($_ -match '^(\s*\[\s*)([\S\s+\S|\S]+)(\s*\]).*$') { $MatchSection = $matches[2].Trim() if ($MatchSection -eq $Section) { $InSection = $true } } } } } else { Write-Error -Message "ERROR: File [$File] does not exist" } } end { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" } } |