Loading a PowerShell hashtable from a file?

Question

I\'ve got a file containing some data in PowerShell Object Notation:

@{ X = \'x\'; Y = \'y\' }

I\'d like to load this into a variable from

Answer 1

I've used ConvertFrom-StringData. If you want to use this approach you'll need to change the way you store key/value pairs with each on its own line and no quotes:

#Contents of test.txt
X = x
Y = y

get-content .\test.txt | ConvertFrom-StringData

Name                           Value
----                           -----
X                              x
Y                              y

ConvertFrom-StringData is a built-in cmdlet. I created corresponding ConvertTo-StringData function available here http://poshcode.org/1986