Question

I have the following code:

    if(Test-Path $filename ) {
    # Remove quotes (")
    (get-content $filename) -replace('"','') | Out-File $filename -Force  
    $allText = [IO.File]::ReadAllText("$filename") -replace "`r`n?", "`n" 
    $encoding = New-Object System.Text.ASCIIEncoding    
    [IO.File]::WriteAllText("$filename", $allText, $encoding)
}

but I think it’s kinda nonsense to do two -replaces. Is there a way I can combine the two?

Answer 1

Does this work for you?

if(Test-Path $filename ) {
$allText = ([IO.File]::ReadAllText("$filename") -replace "`r`n?", "`n") -replace '"','' 
$encoding = New-Object System.Text.ASCIIEncoding    
[IO.File]::WriteAllText("$filename", $allText, $encoding)

}