Re: [msh]get-content of large files.

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Thanks for your prompt answer!

My code is quite simple. The script looks like:

param ( $filename = (read-host "Filename pls"))
foreach ( $line in get-content $filename -readcount 1) # Try with
readcount
{
$line
}

Here is my environment:

Windows XP SP2 - Monad Beta 3.0 - Locale US
Windows server 2003 SP1 x64 - Monad Beta 3.1 - Locale US

My script is reading Exchange Messages tracking logs, IIS 6 log and ISA
server 2004 log files.. The average size is 40 MB
The log files are text files in ASCII format and use the W3C standard
format

/Dung



"Jeff Jones [MSFT]" <jeffjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Try specifying the -ReadCount parameter with a value of -1.

MSH > get-content largefile.txt -readcount -1


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"Dung K Hoang" <dunghoangkhac@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
I notice that when you use the cmdlet get-content on large files, it
takes some times before seeing output on the console.
I also observe that during the excution of the command, the virtual
memoery used by the process msh.exe can augment up to 300% and this
virtual memory is not released afterwards.
My question is: Is it a normal behavior? Any suggestion to use a
different cmdlet?

Thanks
/Dung






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