PowerShell Replace - How to Use to Replace String

PowerShell String stores the string data and provides various methods to handle string manipulation. Replace string or characters in a string or file is one such string manipulation. PowerShell has a replace() method to achieve the replacement of string.

In this article, we will discuss how to use PowerShell replace() method over the PowerShell string and replace characters in the string.

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1 PowerShell Replace() Method

2 PowerShell replace character in a string using replace()

3 Replace string in PowerShell using replace()

4 Conclusion

5 Recommended Content

PowerShell Replace() Method

replace() method in PowerShell replace substring in a string. It finds the old value and replaces it with the new value.

Syntax

string Replace(char oldValue, char newValue)

string Replace(string oldValue, string newValue)

Parameters:

oldValue: character or string to find in a string.

newValue: character or string to replace the found text.

Output:

It returns the string after the replacement of the string.

PowerShell replace character in a string using replace()

Using the PowerShell replace() method, you can easily replace the character with a new value.

PowerShell replace() method has two arguments, string or character to find and string to replace the find text with.

$str = "Welcome!Admin to ShellGeek."  

 $str.Replace('!',',')

In the above PowerShell script, the $str variable stores the string data. To replace a character ! in a given string with a comma, call the replace() method over the $str variable.

replace() method takes two arguments, char ! to find in a given string and char, to replace with find character in PowerShell string.

The output of the above PowerShell script to replace a character in a string is:

Replace string in PowerShell using replace()

You can use the PowerShell string replace() function to replace the text in a string. It accepts two arguments a string to find and a string to replace with found text.

$str = "This is example about PowerShell string split method" 
 
$str.Replace("split","replace")

In the above PowerShell script, the $str variable stores the string data. To replace the text “split” in a given string with “replace“, call the PowerShell replace() method.

It replaces the text with a new string value and returns the string as given below

PS C:\> $str = "This is example about PowerShell string split method"                                                   

PS C:\> $str.Replace("split","replace")                                                                                 

This is example about PowerShell string replace method

PS C:\>

Conclusion

I hope the above article on how to use the PowerShell string replace() method to replace characters or a string in a string is helpful to you.

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