How to use PowerShell select-string to find more than one pattern in a file?

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I would like to search for more than one string in the files in a directory, however using "select-string -pattern" didn't help. Could anyone show me how to do it?

Example: Search all files in C:\Logs that contain the words "VendorEnquiry" and "Failed", and with a Logtime about 11:30 am. Structure of files may differ (e.g. different tag names, etc):

... <methodException>VendorEnquiry</methodException> ...
... <logTime>13/10/2010T11:30:04 am</logTime> ...
... <status>Failed</status> ...

... <serviceMethodException>VendorEnquiry</serviceMethodException> ...
... <logTime>13/10/2010</logTime> ...
... <serviceStatus>Failed</serviceStatus> ...

Thanks.

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3 Answers

If you want to match the two words in either order, use:

gci C:\Logs| select-string -pattern '(VendorEnquiry.*Failed)|(Failed.*VendorEnquiry)'

If Failed always comes after VendorEnquiry on the line, just use:

gci C:\Logs| select-string -pattern '(VendorEnquiry.*Failed)'
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You can specify multiple patterns in an array.

select-string VendorEnquiry,Failed C:\Logs

This works with -notmatch as well:

select-string -notmatch VendorEnquiry,Failed C:\Logs
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