Question

So my csv file looks something like:

J|T|W
J|T|W
J|T|W

I’d like to iterate through, most likely using a regex so that after the two pipes and content \|.+{2}, and insert a tab character `t.

I’m assuming I’d use get-content to loop through, but I’m unsure of where to go from there.

Also…just thought of this, it is possible that the line will overrun to the next line, and therefore the two pipes will be on different lines, which I’m pretty sure makes a difference.

-Thanks

Answer 1

Ok, I’ll move the comment discussion to an answer since it seems like it is a potentially valid solution:

 Import-csv .\test.csv -Delimiter '|' -Header 'One', 'two', 'three' | %{$_.Three = "`t$($_.Three)"; $_} | Export-CSV .\test_result.cs

This works for a file that is known to have 3 fields. For a more generic solution, if you have the ability to determine the number of fields initially being exported to CSV, then:

 Import-csv .\test.csv -Delimiter '|' -Header (1..$fieldCount) | %{$_.$fieldCount = "`t$($_.$fieldCount)"; $_} | Export-CSV .\test_result.cs