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How to change values in space separated files

I have a text file whose data will be as below.

win10x64 ~\erwin Notallowed1! "erwin Data Modeler r9.7 (32-bit)_2500.exe" SilentInstall.exe
win10x64clone1 ~\erwin Notallowed1! "erwin Data Modeler r9.7 (64-bit)_2500.exe" DM64.exe
win10x64clone2 ~\erwin Notallowed1! "erwin Mart Server r9.7 (32-bit).exe" SilentInstall.exe
win10x64clone3 ~\erwin Notallowed1! "erwin License Server r9.7 (32-bit).exe" SilentInstall.exe

Each line will have multiple values separated by space.

If a value contains space in it, the value is surrounded by quotes.

My task is to check how many values are there in each line.

If the line contains 5 values, I need to replace the 4th value with the string contained in a variable.

If it contains 4 values then also  I need to replace the 4th value followed by appending 5 th value to it as SilentInstall.exe

If the value I am replacing contains spaces then I need to surround the new value with quotes.

 

Any one can suggest how to do this,??


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Answers (2)

Posted by: anonymous_9363 7 years ago
Red Belt
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You could start with the Split method, I guess.
Posted by: ur00361883 7 years ago
Black Belt
0
Got solution with AutoIT.

But we need to implement this in Powershell.

At present I am calling the autoit exe from powershell script as a temporary solution.

Please find the script link below.

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