Select-String group

Question

I am trying to read a text file with Powershell than use select-string.
When I do this:
Statement Date: 04/12/15" | Select-String -Pattern "Statement Date: (?<digit>\d{2}[/]\d{2}[/]\d{2})" | select -Expand Matches | foreach {$_.groups["digit"].value} - it works fine. I get the value "04/12/15"
This is what I have:
gc -Path $file | Select-String -Pattern "Statement Date: (?<digit>\d{2}[/]\d{2}[/]\d{2})" | select -Expand Matches | foreach {$_.groups["digit"].value} - I get nothing
Thanks for your help
Freddy91761_1

Answer 1

I think we need more info about what in the $file because above example seems to work if the file contains only "Statement Date: 04/12/15"
PS:> set-content C:\temp\testfile "Statement Date: 04/12/15"PS:> gc C:\temp\testfileStatementDate: 04/12/15PS:> gc C:\temp\testfile  | Select-String -Pattern "Statement Date: (?<digit>\d{2}[/]\d{2}[/]\d{2})" | select -Expand Matches | foreach {$_.groups["digit"].value}04/12/15