Would you like to learn how to read a text file using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to read a line from a text file on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10

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Tutorial Powershell - Read lines from a text file

As an Administrator, start a new POWERSHELL command-line prompt.

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Create a text file.

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In our example, we create a text file named MYFILE in the root of drive C.

Read from a text file using Powershell.

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Read from a text file using the loop named FOREACH.

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Here is the command output.

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Read from a text file and write the output as a table.

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Here is the command output.

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Read from a text file and store the values on an array.

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Here is the command output.

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Read from a text file and store the values on an array.

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Here is the command output.

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Congratulations! You are able to read from a text file using Powershell.