#!/snap/bin/powershell <# .SYNTAX ./search-files.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION searches the given pattern in the given files .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param([string]$Pattern, [string]$Path) Set-StrictMode -Version Latest try { if ($Pattern -eq "" ) { $Pattern = read-host "Enter search pattern" } if ($Path -eq "" ) { $Path = read-host "Enter path to files" } $List = Select-String -Path $Path -Pattern "$Pattern" foreach ($Item in $List) { write-output "$($Item.Path) @$($Item.LineNumber)`t$($Item.Line)" } exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }