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Retrieve value from command output

I'm looking for a method which would allow me to retrieve a value from a command output. An example might be retrieving the IP address from an ipconfig output, or the encryption status from a manage-bde -status output. It's essentially the value after the colon ":". I tried playing with the findstr options, but I could not retrieve "just" the value. In the ipconfig example, I want only the IP address, and in the "manage-bde" example, I want only the word "protection off". The above two commands are only examples.

ipconfig

manage-bde -status

In addition, I need to figure out a method to perform a foreach in the event there are more than one IP/Nic, or more than one volume.

foreach

I could be either just one command, or output the results to a file, and then run something against the file.

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I have created a quick example of something you might be able to do for the ipconfig example.

ipconfig

Essentially I am retrieving all of the IP Configurations for my local machine, then if their is greater than 1 it will loop through each of these and create an object that's more readable.

#Get IP Configurations
$ipList = Get-NetIPConfiguration

#If there is more than 1 item in the ipList
If($ipList.count -gt 1){

#Loop through each of the IPs int the list
foreach($entry in $ipList){

#Create a Custom PowerShell Object and Assign empty attributes for the Name and IP
$object = new-object psobject | select-object Name, IPAddress

#Add a value to the $object.Name property
$object.Name = $entry.InterfaceAlias

#Add a value to the $object.IPAddress property
$object.IPAddress = $entry | select -ExpandProperty IPv4Address

#Store the value of each object in an array
[array]$output += $object
}
}

#Output the contents of the Array into a file
$output | export-csv c:tempIP_Info.csv -NoTypeInformation


Now there is more you could do to this, It currently outputs System.Object if there is no IP Value found, it also only looks for an IPv4Address

System.Object

Hopefully this helps you start to find a solution

Get-NetIPConfiguration|select @{n='Name';e={$_.Interfacealias}},@{n='IPAddress';e={$_.IPv4Address}}

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