I'll give that a try too...luckily the software I am using means it is no problem to ensure the Registry key exists before running my script :-)
On 16 April 2013 17:18, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm having trouble figuring out how to get the regexp capture out of > > the $match object returned by Select-String though. > > Ah, okay, this seems to work: > > $match = & CTXCliOS.exe | Select-String -Pattern 'ClientOS\s+(.+)' > if($match) { > $clientOS = $match.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value > Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Custom' -Name ClientOS > -Value $clientOS > } > > You'll want to test that. :) In particular, I expect it will fail > miserably if the "Custom" subkey doesn't exist yet. > > For reasons I don't understand, $match.Matches[0].Groups[0] appears > to be a reference to itself. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
