INI file parsing in PowerShell

Question

I\'m parsing simple (no sections) INI file in PowerShell. Here code I\'ve came up with, is there any way to simplify it?

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Answer 1

One possibility is to use a .NET ini library. Nini for example.

I've translated the Simple Example from the Nini docs into PowerShell below. You need to put nini.dll into the same directory as the script.

$scriptDir = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
Add-Type -path $scriptDir\nini.dll

$source = New-Object Nini.Config.IniConfigSource("e:\scratch\MyApp.ini")

$fileName = $source.Configs["Logging"].Get("File Name")
$columns = $source.Configs["Logging"].GetInt("MessageColumns")
$fileSize = $source.Configs["Logging"].GetLong("MaxFileSize")