Concat output in Powershell

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I have the following PowerShell code which gives me a count output. I want to concat or cut the first 11 characters off leaving only "9" or the number that would be there / greater. Does anyone have any idea how to shorten a string or cut X amount of characters off of a returned value in PowerShell?

PS C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Common Framework\Task> Get-Content * -erroraction silentlycontinue | findstr /R "^\[Schedule]" | Measure-Object | find "Count "
Count    : 9
PS C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Common Framework\Task>

Ansgar Wiechers · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-30 20:19:00Z

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If you want just the value of the Count property, then you should simply get just that:

(Get-Content * -EA SilentlyContinue | Select-String "^\[Schedule\]" |
    Measure-Object).Count

answered Jul 30, 2013 at 20:19

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RedHatcc Over a year ago

This also works just a well and is much more pleasant on the eyes. Thank you!

RedHatcc · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-30 20:18:33Z

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Not sure if this is what others will come across as useful, but I was able to declare it into a varible, end the command with a ";" then use SubString(11) which cuts everything off after the 11th character.

PS C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Common Framework\Task> $string = Get-Content * -erroraction silentlycontinue | findstr /R "^\[Schedule]" | Measure-Object | find "Count "; $string.SubString(11)
9
PS C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Common Framework\Task>

answered Jul 30, 2013 at 20:18

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