Powershell Foreach loop in INI file - powershell

Question

I am actually new in Powershell scripting with inni files and I need to create a foreach loop that allows me to get multiple variables.
Let me explain :
I have an INI files that contains severals groups (Active Directory groups), I need my powershell script to extract those groups that have names like (group1, group2, group3 and so on).
I tried this piece of code but nothing goes out.
$i=0
$query = $configfile.Domain.group.$i
ForEach($query in $configfile.Domain.group)
{
$i++
write-host $query.$i
}
Looks like i'm pretty bad, any advices ?

Answer 1

The $query in the loop is declaring a new variable which hides the variable declared outside the loop.
Without an example of the ini file, I can only guess, but you could try replacing the loop block with write-host $query.
This will at least show you what is going on.

Answer 2

If your INI file looks anything like this:
[Groups]
group1=example
group2=example1
group3=group1
group4=example3
group5=group2
group6=example5
then you can use the function from here like this:
function Get-IniContent ($filePath) {
$ini = #{}
switch -regex -file $FilePath {
"^\[(.+)\]" # Section
{
$section = $matches[1]
$ini[$section] = #{}
$CommentCount = 0
}
"^(;.*)$" # Comment
{
$value = $matches[1]
$CommentCount = $CommentCount + 1
$name = "Comment" + $CommentCount
$ini[$section][$name] = $value
}
"(.+?)\s*=(.*)" # Key
{
$name,$value = $matches[1..2]
$ini[$section][$name] = $value
}
}
return $ini
}
# the data returned is a Hashtable where each entry is listed
# under a certain section name. This data is UNORDERED by default
$data = Get-IniContent -filePath 'D:\Test\groups.ini'
Get all group names found in the ini file under section 'Groups'
$data['Groups'].Keys | ForEach-Object { $data['Groups'][$_]}
Output:
example
example5
group2
group1
example1
example3
Or get only certain group names that look like 'group' for instance
($data['Groups'].GetEnumerator() | Where-Object { $_.Value -like 'group*' }).Value
# or alternatively do:
# $data['Groups'].Keys | Where-Object { $data['Groups'][$_] -like 'group*' } | ForEach-Object { $data['Groups'][$_] }
Output:
group2
group1
If you want the found group names sorted, append | Sort-Object