Question

I’m trying to do a replace in content of all files in a certain directory structure.

get-childItem temp\*.* -recurse |
    get-content |
    foreach-object {$_.replace($stringToFind1, $stringToPlace1)} |
    set-content [original filename]

Can I get the filename from the original get-childItem to use it in the set-content?

Answer 1

Add processing for each file:

get-childItem *.* -recurse | % `
{
    $filepath = $_.FullName;
    (get-content $filepath) |
        % { $_ -replace $stringToFind1, $stringToPlace1 } |
        set-content $filepath -Force
}

Key points:

1. $filepath = $_.FullName; — get path to file
2. (get-content $filepath) — get content and close file
3. set-content $filepath -Force — save modified content