INI file parsing in PowerShell

Question

I\'m parsing simple (no sections) INI file in PowerShell. Here code I\'ve came up with, is there any way to simplify it?

convertfrom-stringdata -StringData (         


        

Answer 1

Don Jones almost had it right. Try:

ConvertFrom-StringData((Get-Content .\deploy.ini) -join "`n")

-join converts the Object[] into a single string, with each item in the array separated by a newline char. ConvertFrom-StringData then parses the string into key/value pairs.