Powershell retrieving a variable from a text file

Question

Is there a way to read a text file C:\\test.txt and retrieve a particular value?

ie file looks like this:

serverName=serv8496
midasServer=serv8194
         


        

Answer 1

Yes, read the file, split each line and assign the split result to the Name and Value parameters:

Get-Content file.txt | Foreach-Object{
   $var = $_.Split('=')
   New-Variable -Name $var[0] -Value $var[1]
}