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Import-CSV and remove specified values
Posted on 2016-08-18
I have a powershell script to export some account info from AD. I want to read this CSV file in and remove certain accounts. I can't do it dynamically as it's something a manager needs to specify. The CSV file output is below
"Email","FirstName","LastN
"User1@domain.com","UserF1
"User2@domain.com","UserF2
"User3@domain.com","UserF3
"User4@domain.com","UserF4
I'd like to be able to loop through a where clause and remove lines based on "Email address" I specify in the file. I forsee the need to add additonal accounts in the future so if I could use an array of some sort that would be best. I see a couple solutions online but not quite what I need. logic would be
Import CSV
If account is in the list below, remove the line from the CSV
"User1@domain.com"
"User4@domain.com"
"User9@domain.com"
"User10@domain.com"
Export-CSV Contents
any help is appreciated!
"Email","FirstName","LastN
"User1@domain.com","UserF1
"User2@domain.com","UserF2
"User3@domain.com","UserF3
"User4@domain.com","UserF4
I'd like to be able to loop through a where clause and remove lines based on "Email address" I specify in the file. I forsee the need to add additonal accounts in the future so if I could use an array of some sort that would be best. I see a couple solutions online but not quite what I need. logic would be
Import CSV
If account is in the list below, remove the line from the CSV
"User1@domain.com"
"User4@domain.com"
"User9@domain.com"
"User10@domain.com"
Export-CSV Contents
any help is appreciated!
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$ignore = @"
User1@domain.com
User4@domain.com
User9@domain.com
User10@domain.com
"@ -split "`r`n"
(Get-Content file.txt | Select-String -NotMatch -SimpleMatch $ignore) | Out-File file2.txt
Active 2 days ago
Sorry for the delay, I was on vacation. I tried to add this statement but it's not removing the line from the CSV file. it's just outputing the same exact text file it read back in.
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There seems to be an EE issue with the backtick used, I suspect. Let's try something slightly different:
$ignore = 'User1@domain.com',
'User4@domain.com',
'User9@domain.com',
'User10@domain.com'
(Get-Content file.txt | Select-String -NotMatch -SimpleMatch $ignore) | Out-File file2.txt
Active 2 days ago
]Thank you for the help again. So this time the user was removed but the CSV file structure was manipulated in a way that makes it unusable. For some reason records are now traversing multiple lines in the CSV file.
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