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regex with powershell examples
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regex.ps1
# the task is to match everything between SELECT and FROM
$string = "SELECT abc FROM def"
$pattern = '(?<=SELECT\s)(.*)(?=\sFROM)'
# search for pattern and output it
$string | Select-String $pattern -AllMatches | % {$_.Matches}| % {$_.Value}
# replace the match with something else
$string -replace $pattern, 'xyz'
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