Get xml from mixed string in powershell

Question

I got string, that contains usual characters and xml. Like this

General Information
********************************************* bla-bla-bla

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><eventData><field key="SomeID">49ddd6f1-2fef-4cac-9eea-92df285370e7</field> <MyData>SomeData</MyData> </eventData>

How can get string, that contains only xml? Or even all after <?xml ? Thanks for any help

Janne Tuukkanen · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-22 13:31:39Z

4

Use Select-String and regular expressions. This returns everything including and after <?xml:

$s = @"
General Information
********************************************* bla-bla-bla

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><eventData>
<field key="SomeID">49ddd6f1-2fef-4cac-9eea-92df285370e7</field>
<MyData>SomeData</MyData> </eventData>
"@

$s | Select-String -Pattern "(?s)<\?xml.*" | % { $_.Matches.Value }

answered Feb 22, 2018 at 13:31

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