asked on Import-CSV and remove specified values
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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Qlemo
ASKER
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.
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
ASKER
]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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As I suppose comparing parts of the line with the email addresses is enough of a match to reliable exclude the unwanted lines. We can make the pattern more restrictive, or switch to your suggestion handling CSV data, if required.