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    Hi guys !

    I've a little problem: i have a txt log file, i want search inside it 2 words:

    1- Errori: (here will a number, -ge 0 or -eq 0)

    2- ERR 

    If Errori: will be greater than 0 or ERR string is present in the text file,

    $ErrorCounts must set to 1, otherwise 0.

    Text file:

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        10-08-2017 18:54 ** Backup ultimato per il Task "BACKUP-GIORNALIERO". Errori: 136. File elaborati: 23111. File di backup: 7217. Dimensione totale: 3,17 GB **
    10-08-2017 18:54 *** Backup ultimato.  Errori: 0.  File elaborati: 23111. File di backup: 7217. Dimensione totale: 3,17 GB ***
ERR 10-08-2017 11:08 L'operazione è stata completata con errori

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    $errorCounts = $null
$errorCounts = Get-Content c:\b.txt |
Select-String "Errori: (\d+)\."  -AllMatches | 
#Select-String "ERR " -AllMatches |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty Matches | 
Foreach-Object { $_.Groups[1].Value }

$errorCounts

    Friday, August 11, 2017 8:43 AM

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    Try this, it's one of the simplest most concise ways of getting it done:

    $errorCounts = [int] [bool] (Get-Content C:\b.txt | Select-String "Errori: ([0-9]{2,}|[1-9])\.|^ERR")

    This does what you asked for, but doesn't actually *count* how many errors there are in the file, it just tells you *if* there are any errors.

    If you really want to find out how many lines contain errors then do this:

    $errorCounts = (Get-Content C:\b.txt | Select-String "Errori: ([0-9]{2,}|[1-9])\.|^ERR").Count



    • Edited by FaustoNascimento Friday, August 11, 2017 10:19 AM simplified regex
    • Marked as answer by Ramses147 Friday, August 11, 2017 10:23 AM
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    Hi Ramses,

    you can do it like this:

    if (gc Test.Txt |grep "Errori: [1-9]|^ERR") { $errorCounts = 1 }

    With that filter you'll get all lines that match either of the two.

    Cheers,
    Fred

    There's no place like 127.0.0.1

    Friday, August 11, 2017 9:40 AM
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    Hi Ramses,

    you can do it like this:

    if (gc Test.Txt |grep "Errori: [1-9]|^ERR") { $errorCounts = 1 }

    With that filter you'll get all lines that match either of the two.

    Cheers,
    Fred

    There's no place like 127.0.0.1

    Your method would fail on an error code with 2 or more digits, and if you change it to [1-9]+ it would fail on an error code such as 10, since you're not allowing 0's
    Friday, August 11, 2017 9:58 AM
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    Hi Fausto,

    why would that fail? I don't try to capture the number code - checking the highest digit is totally enough to check, whether it is 0 or not (see requirements).

    Cheers,
    Fred

    There's no place like 127.0.0.1

    Friday, August 11, 2017 10:04 AM
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    Try this, it's one of the simplest most concise ways of getting it done:

    $errorCounts = [int] [bool] (Get-Content C:\b.txt | Select-String "Errori: ([0-9]{2,}|[1-9])\.|^ERR")

    This does what you asked for, but doesn't actually *count* how many errors there are in the file, it just tells you *if* there are any errors.

    If you really want to find out how many lines contain errors then do this:

    $errorCounts = (Get-Content C:\b.txt | Select-String "Errori: ([0-9]{2,}|[1-9])\.|^ERR").Count



    • Edited by FaustoNascimento Friday, August 11, 2017 10:19 AM simplified regex
    • Marked as answer by Ramses147 Friday, August 11, 2017 10:23 AM
    Friday, August 11, 2017 10:11 AM
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    Hi Fausto,

    why would that fail? I don't try to capture the number code - checking the highest digit is totally enough to check, whether it is 0 or not (see requirements).

    Cheers,
    Fred

    There's no place like 127.0.0.1

    Because you're assuming all errors will start with a non-0 digit. And while this might be correct (I'd be very surprised if your assumption is wrong actually), the OP has not confirmed if this is the case, which means this is nothing more than... an assumption.
    Friday, August 11, 2017 10:14 AM
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    Hi FWN,

    if you use this  ( grep is a bash linux cmd ;-) ): 

    if (gc c:\script\b.txt | Select-String "Errori: [0-9]|^ERR") { $errorCounts = 1 }
$errorCounts

    and try with this txt:

    10-08-2017 18:54 ** Backup ultimato per il Task "BACKUP-GIORNALIERO". Errori: 136. File elaborati: 23111. File di backup: 7217. Dimensione totale: 3,17 GB **
    10-08-2017 18:54 *** Backup ultimato.  Errori: 0.  File elaborati: 23111. File di backup: 7217. Dimensione totale: 3,17 GB ***

    Result will be $ErrorCounts = 1

    While the result should be 0!
    If errors in the text file are 0, like in this txt example, $ErrorCounts must be 0

    It means there are no errors in the log

    Friday, August 11, 2017 10:14 AM
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    Hi FWN,

    if you use this  ( grep is a bash linux cmd ;-) ): 

    if (gc c:\script\b.txt | Select-String "Errori: [0-9]|^ERR") { $errorCounts = 1 }
$errorCounts

    and try with this txt:

    10-08-2017 18:54 ** Backup ultimato per il Task "BACKUP-GIORNALIERO". Errori: 136. File elaborati: 23111. File di backup: 7217. Dimensione totale: 3,17 GB **
    10-08-2017 18:54 *** Backup ultimato.  Errori: 0.  File elaborati: 23111. File di backup: 7217. Dimensione totale: 3,17 GB ***

    Result will be $ErrorCounts = 1

    While the result should be 0!
    If errors in the text file are 0, like in this txt example, $ErrorCounts must be 0

    It means there are no errors in the log

    That is why FWN made it [1-9] and not [0-9], but he is still assuming that errors will never have leading zero(s).

    My proposed approach does not suffer from that problem.

    • Marked as answer by Ramses147 Friday, August 11, 2017 10:23 AM
    • Unmarked as answer by Ramses147 Friday, August 11, 2017 10:23 AM
    Friday, August 11, 2017 10:18 AM
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    Are you italian ? 


    Great Fausto, working !

    Thanks FWN too, have a good day guys !

    Friday, August 11, 2017 10:24 AM
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    Hi FWN,

    if you use this  ( grep is a bash linux cmd ;-) ): 

    if (gc c:\script\b.txt | Select-String "Errori: [0-9]|^ERR") { $errorCounts = 1 }
$errorCounts

    and try with this txt:

    10-08-2017 18:54 ** Backup ultimato per il Task "BACKUP-GIORNALIERO". Errori: 136. File elaborati: 23111. File di backup: 7217. Dimensione totale: 3,17 GB **
    10-08-2017 18:54 *** Backup ultimato.  Errori: 0.  File elaborati: 23111. File di backup: 7217. Dimensione totale: 3,17 GB ***

    Result will be $ErrorCounts = 1

    While the result should be 0!
    If errors in the text file are 0, like in this txt example, $ErrorCounts must be 0

    It means there are no errors in the log

    Hi Ramses,

    just to be sure: The requirement was for either a line starting with ERR or with any line having Errori: 1+. I checked for that and it reports true (the first line in this example has a value of 136).

    Was only the second line to be interpreted? Will it always be the second line?

    Cheers,
    Fred


    There's no place like 127.0.0.1

    Friday, August 11, 2017 10:31 AM
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    The two things to check, to have $ ErrorCounts = 0 in the log are as follows:
    1- That there is no ERR written
    2- Must be "Errors: 0"

    So if the characters "ERR" are present and if the errors are greater or equal to 1, $ ErrorCounts will be equal to 1
    Friday, August 11, 2017 12:22 PM