Have a list of usernames, they are formatted in one of two ways:
John Smith
John.Smith
I would like to get just the last name from each line in a text file.
I'm guessing I have to use a -replace or -remove command, just not sure how to format the regex.
I have this:
$source = "path\to\name\list.txt"
$final = "path\to\final\output.txt"
(Get-Content $source -Raw) -replace "^.\.|^."", "" | Set-Content $final
but it's not working.
Use
^[^\s.]+[\s.]+
See proof.
EXPLANATION
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^ the beginning of the string
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[^\s.]+ any character except: whitespace (\n, \r,
\t, \f, and " "), '.' (1 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
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[\s.]+ any character of: whitespace (\n, \r, \t,
\f, and " "), '.' (1 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
Another way is also possible:
^.*[\s.]
See another proof.
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^ the beginning of the string
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.* any character except \n (0 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
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[\s.] any character of: whitespace (\n, \r, \t,
\f, and " "), '.'
I would simply use -split on whitespace (\s) or dot, take the last element of the resulting array.
Get-Content -Path $source | ForEach-Object {($_.Trim() -split '[\s.]')[-1]} | Set-Content -Path $final
