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It's usually better to use the regex features of <b>-match</b>. But in the case of simple string pattern matches only, I would use the <b>Select-String</b> cmdlet:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-40638036-1">Get-Content TEST.log -wait | Select-String -SimpleMatch “Error”, &quot;Incident&quot; |out-file logger.txt -append</code></pre>
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It's usually better to use the regex features of -match. But in the case of simple string pattern matches only, I would use the Select-String cmdlet:


Get-Content TEST.log -wait | Select-String -SimpleMatch “Error”, "Incident" |out-file logger.txt -append

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folks<br />
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my powershell script searches for a specific value &nbsp;i.e. ERROR in another log file<br />
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Get-Content TEST.log -wait | where { $_ -match “Error” } |out-file logger.txt -append<br />
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how can i get it to search multiple values? i.e &nbsp;ERROR and INCIDENT<br />
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keen for your thoughts
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folks

my powershell script searches for a specific value  i.e. ERROR in another log file

Get-Content TEST.log -wait | where { $_ -match “Error” } |out-file logger.txt -append

how can i get it to search multiple values? i.e  ERROR and INCIDENT

keen for your thoughts

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