How to read a line from a file in PowerShell

Question

I am novice to the PowerShell scripting. I am looking to fulfill one of my requirement.

I have one hosts file which is having multiple host names and IP addresses. B

Answer 1

I'm never seen anything from PowerShell, but I mean it can be helpful for you. Something like the following:

foreach ($line in $lines.Split('\r\n')){
    Test-Connection  $line.Split(' ')[1]
}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline