powershell pull variable from inf file - powershell

Question

$OEM = "N/A"
$data = (get-content C:\Windows\INF\OEM27.inf | select-string "10.18.10.4358")
if ($data -eq "DriverVer=12/21/2015,10.18.10.4358"){
$OEM = $true}
else {$OEM = $false}
echo $data
echo $OEM
So I'm trying to test this small code out before adding it to my larger script. However $OEM keeps coming up a False even though $data comes back as DriverVer=12/21/2015,10.18.10.4358. Not sure what I'm over looking but it is pretty late at night. Any help would be appreciated. ^^"

Answer 1

The object returned by Select-String isn't a string. It is a MatchInfo:
C:\> $data | Get-Member
TypeName: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MatchInfo
Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetType Method type GetType()
RelativePath Method string RelativePath(string directory)
ToString Method string ToString(), string ToString(string directory)
Context Property Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MatchInfoContext Context {get;set;}
Filename Property string Filename {get;}
IgnoreCase Property bool IgnoreCase {get;set;}
Line Property string Line {get;set;}
LineNumber Property int LineNumber {get;set;}
Matches Property System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match[] Matches {get;set;}
Path Property string Path {get;set;}
Pattern Property string Pattern {get;set;}
You can get to the line it matches on with the Line property. So change your code to this:
if ($data.Line -eq "DriverVer=12/21/2015,10.18.10.4358")
However, I don't think that is very robust code because INI files can have spaces around the "=". This would be better:
if ($data.Line -match "DriverVer\s*=\s*12/21/2015,10.18.10.4358")
I think your code is a bit over complicated. You could replace the whole thing with this:
$OEM = [bool](Select-String "DriverVer\s*=\s*12/21/2015,10.18.10.4358" C:\Windows\INF\OEM27.inf)