Find a word or string using PowerShell

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I have been trying to check if a word contains in a webpage. In a nutshell, I tried using:

invoke-WebRequest https://example.com | select-string "some text"

Don Cruickshank · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-20 09:51:39Z

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Invoke-WebRequest returns more than just the content of the web page (e.g. headers, response code, etc). You need to use the Content property from the response to get to the content of the web page:

if ((Invoke-WebRequest "https://example.com").Content | Select-String "some text") {
    Write-Host "I found the text."
}

answered Nov 20, 2018 at 9:51

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