How to modify an item's value in a SharePoint list with PowerShell

Question

How do I use PowerShell to modify an item\'s value in a SharePoint list? When I try the following:

$splist.GetItems() | ForEach-Object{
 #Write-Host $_[\"Ite         


        

Answer 1

Here is a summary of what you could try to do:

$spWeb = Get-SPWeb -Identity http://yourdomain/sites/config
$spList = $spWeb.Lists["AppSettings"]
$spItem = $spList.GetItemById(10013) //or another way that you prefer.
$spItem["Name"] = "MyName"
$spItem.Update()

For more info you should check out this blog post. It contains examples of how to add, update and delete list items with PowerShell: http://mysharepointwork.blogspot.no/2010/09/addupdatedelete-list-items-using.html