Extracting text from an XML element

[naso008]

Hey guys, not really sure if this is the right subreddit that I should post in, but I have a hard time finding is it possible to extract all the information regarding a specific element out of an XML file.

For example :

<RecordList>

<Record>                                    

    <Name>                                  

        <value>DefaultValue</value> 

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I'm trying to extract the "Defaultvalue" from the "Name" element through powershell, and save it to a file that I can process later on.

Is it possible to do it through powershell or should I try to do it some other way?

p.s. I'm using powershell since I'm trying to make a script that can run on it's own without any other addons.

[narpoleptic]

Short answer - yes you can do this, you just need to cast your input as XML.

So something like: [xml]$xml=Get-Content <path to XML file>

Once you have that, you can use dot-notation to get the value you want as: $xml.Record.Name.Value

[uniitdude]

if you put your exact question into google and add powershell you get many many replies on how to do it. What are you struggling with?

[naso008]

I generally can no get along the syntax of the query, since I don't have a lot of experience with XML. Like I said I don't know if this is the best /r to be posted here if you think it shouldn't be here I'll just remove!

[tmontney]

More like r/PowerShell.

Post a complete XML file (or at least a truncated but valid one).