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Asked: June 10, 20262026-06-10T11:15:16+00:00 2026-06-10T11:15:16+00:00

I have hosts file that are on workstations that I need to read a

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I have hosts file that are on workstations that I need to read a specific line to get an IP Address. The ip address differs in location

This is the line that I have found to work the best.

Get-Content hosts | Select-Object -Last 1

Any way of parsing the text file for a specific word to read and output that 1 line?

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    2026-06-10T11:15:17+00:00Added an answer on June 10, 2026 at 11:15 am

    If you know what you are looking for, below will show you the matching lines in the file

    Get-Content .\hosts | select-string 'searchstringhere' -SimpleMatch 
    
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