regex - Powershell search matching string in word document -

i have simple requirement. need search string in word document , result need matching line / words around in document.

so far, search string in folder containing word documents returns true / false based on whether find search string or not.

#error reporting set-strictmode -version latest $path     = "c:\morlab" $files    = get-childitem $path -include *.docx,*.doc -recurse | where-object { !($_.psiscontainer) } $output   = "c:\wordfiletry.txt" $application = new-object -comobject word.application $application.visible = $false $findtext = "crhpcd01"  function getstringmatch {   # loop through *.doc files in $path directory   foreach ($file in $files)   {    $document = $application.documents.open($file.fullname,$false,$true)    $range = $document.content    $wordfound = $range.find.execute($findtext)     if($wordfound)      {       "$file.fullname has $wordfound" | out-file $output -append     }    } $document.close() $application.quit() }  getstringmatch 

#error reporting set-strictmode -version latest $path     = "c:\temp" $files    = get-childitem $path -include *.docx,*.doc -recurse | where-object { !($_.psiscontainer) } $output   = "c:\temp\wordfiletry.csv" $application = new-object -comobject word.application $application.visible = $false $findtext = "first" $charactersaround = 30 $results = @{}  function getstringmatch {     # loop through *.doc files in $path directory     foreach ($file in $files)     {         $document = $application.documents.open($file.fullname,$false,$true)         $range = $document.content          if($range.text -match ".{$($charactersaround)}$($findtext).{$($charactersaround)}"){              $properties = @{                 file = $file.fullname                 match = $findtext                 textaround = $matches[0]               }              $results += new-object -typename pscustomobject -property $properties         }     }      if($results){         $results | export-csv $output -notypeinformation     }      $document.close()     $application.quit() }  getstringmatch  import-csv $output 

there couple of ways want. simple approach since have text of document lets perform regex match on , return results , more. helps in trying address getting some words around in document.

we have variable $charactersaround sets number of characters match around $findtext. though output better fit csv file used $results capture hashtable of properties that, in end, output csv file.

be sure change variables own testing. using regex locate matches opens world of possibilities.

sample output

match textaround                                                        file                           ----- ----------                                                        ----                           first dley air services limited dba first air meets or exceeds term c:\temp\20120315132117214.docx