Function built search with too much output

Question

I will have a reoccurring search for strings in a defined file in a larger script.

function ConfigSearch([String] $path, [String] $pattern){
    [string]$path
    [string]$pattern
    Get-ChildItem -path $path | Select-String -pattern $pattern
}

ConfigSearch c:\smhost SMHOST

This is an example. Output will be

PS C:\Backup> C:\test\filesearch.ps1
c:\smhost
SMHOST

C:\smhost\smhost.conf:1:SMHOST = "D:\ca\webagent cr010\win64\config\smhost.conf"

I don't want anything else but C:\smhost\smhost.conf:1:SMHOST = "D:\ca\webagent cr010\win64\config\smhost.conf". Or even more prefered "D:\ca\webagent cr010\win64\config\smhost.conf", the content that I'm looking for.

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Do you mean add them like this:

function ConfigSearch([String] $path, [String] $pattern){
    [string]$path
    [string]$pattern
    $Matches = Get-ChildItem -path $path | Select-String -pattern $pattern 
    $Matches | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Line
}
ConfigSearch c:\smhost SMHOST

One problem solved, but the output now is

c:\smhost
SMHOST
SMHOST = "D:\ca\webagent cr010\win64\config\smhost.conf"

And I don't want

c:\smhost
SMHOST

to be outputted.

Answer 1

Select-String returns a selection info object, you can select just the matched line if you want to:

$Match = Get-ChildItem -path $path | Select-String -pattern $pattern 
$Match | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Line