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How to read an XML file in PowerShell 2010

Writer's picture: Nakkeeran NatarajanNakkeeran Natarajan

In this article we will be seeing how to read an xml file in powershell 2010.

In this we will be creating a simple xml file and we will be reading the xml file in the powershell.

Test.xml

<? Xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <customers>   <Name>Anand</Name>   <Id>123</Id>   <Age>23</Age>   <Location>Bangalore</Location> </customers>

Get the content from the xml file:

[Xml]$xmldata=Get-Content C:\Users\kpast\Desktop\Test.xml


Get all the nodes: $xmldata.customers


Get a particular node: $xmldata.customers. Name

Assign the xml value to a variable:

$variable=$xmldata.customers. Name

Result:

$variable will be equal to Anand.

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