(Get-Content file.txt) | 
Foreach-Object {$_ -replace '\[MYID\]','MyValue'}  | 
Out-File file.txt

注意(Get-Content file.txt)周围的括号是必需的:

Without the parenthesis the content is read, one line at a time, and flows down the pipeline until it reaches out-file or set-content, which tries to write to the same file, but it's already open by get-content and you get an error. The parenthesis causes the operation of content reading to be performed once (open, read and close). Only then when all lines have been read, they are piped one at a time and when they reach the last command in the pipeline they can be written to the file. It's the same as $content=content; $content | where ...

用途(V3版本):

(Get-Content c:\temp\test.txt).replace('[MYID]', 'MyValue') | Set-Content c:\temp\test.txt

对于V2:

(Get-Content c:\temp\test.txt) -replace '\[MYID\]', 'MyValue' | Set-Content c:\temp\test.txt

对Set-Content命令的小修正。如果没有找到搜索的字符串，Set-Content命令将清空目标文件。

您可以首先验证要查找的字符串是否存在。否则，它将无法取代任何东西。

If (select-string -path "c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" -pattern "String to look for") `
    {(Get-Content c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts).replace('String to look for', 'String to replace with') | Set-Content c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts}
    Else{"Nothing happened"}

这是我使用的，但它在大文本文件上很慢。

get-content $pathToFile | % { $_ -replace $stringToReplace, $replaceWith } | set-content $pathToFile

如果你要替换大型文本文件中的字符串，并且速度是一个问题，请考虑使用System.IO.StreamReader和System.IO.StreamWriter。

try
{
   $reader = [System.IO.StreamReader] $pathToFile
   $data = $reader.ReadToEnd()
   $reader.close()
}
finally
{
   if ($reader -ne $null)
   {
       $reader.dispose()
   }
}

$data = $data -replace $stringToReplace, $replaceWith

try
{
   $writer = [System.IO.StreamWriter] $pathToFile
   $writer.write($data)
   $writer.close()
}
finally
{
   if ($writer -ne $null)
   {
       $writer.dispose()
   }
}

(上面的代码没有经过测试。)

使用StreamReader和StreamWriter替换文档中的文本可能还有一种更优雅的方式，但这应该是一个很好的起点。

示例替换文件夹内的所有字符串:

$path=$args[0]
$oldString=$args[1]
$newString=$args[2]

Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -File | 
ForEach-Object { 
    (Get-Content $_.FullName).replace($oldString,$newString) | Set-Content $_.FullName 
}

我从帕耶特的Windows Powershell in Action中找到了一个鲜为人知但非常酷的方法。您可以像引用变量一样引用文件，类似于$env:path，但需要添加花括号。

${c:file.txt} = ${c:file.txt} -replace 'oldvalue','newvalue'