Write-EventLog add a list with filter to EventViewer?

Question

Hi
I have created a scriptblock that will merge some files from shared folder to a one specific file on the server. On top of that i will also need the information of which files(list  of all files)that have been merged
and send that information to EventViewer. (notice! I haven't paste the whole script)
I have used this
$date = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd"
$server = C:\
$logFile = "MergeFileMT535-$date.log"
$basePath = 'MergeFile\
$list = Get-Content -path $server$basePath$logFile
Write-EventLog -LogName Application -EntryType Information -Source MQMergeFile -EventID 10 -Message $server$basePath$list
But it does not work as I've thought.
How can I filter out some columns in the list sent to EventViewer. The log in EventViewer should only present some columns e.g. Name and TimeStamp. Should i create a separate list for that or what should i do? Anyone have an idé?? Please
help..with any command.
Br Peraya

Answer 1

Hi,
Please try using the following command:
$message = gc -path $server$basePath$logFile|Select-String "Name|TimeStamp"
Reference article:
http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2013/06/25/use-select-string-for-fast-textfile-parsing.aspx
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