Add value into three different variables from Foreach-Object

Question

I have a file (config.cfg) which has three strings like this: host:user:pass

In my Unix code, I do this to get and assign the value into three different variables:

  $FTP_HOST=$( cut -f1 -d: config.cfg )
  $FTP_USER=$( cut -f2 -d: config.cfg )
  $FTP_PASS=$( cut -f3 -d: config.cfg )

How can I do this in PowerShell 3.0? I have tried with Foreach-Object but couldn't find a way to assign into three variables.

Ansgar Wiechers · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-26 23:21:54Z

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PowerShell learned from Perl and Python, so you can do this:

$FTP_HOST, $FTP_USER, $FTP_PASS = (Get-Content .\config.cfg) -split ':'

answered Jan 26, 2015 at 23:21

Ansgar Wiechers

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Great! I do prefer single-line stuff. Thank you!

Arluin · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-26 21:45:54Z

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You can split the data by colon and assign each element:

$config = Get-Content config.cfg
$FTP_HOST = ($config -split ":")[0]
$FTP_USER = ($config -split ":")[1]
$FTP_PASS = ($config -split ":")[2]

Or pre-split the data into an array and then assign the array elements:

$config = Get-Content config.cfg
$carry = $config -split ":"
$FTP_HOST = $carry[0]
#etc...

answered Jan 26, 2015 at 21:45

Arluin

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Works nice and smooth. Thank you!