PowerShell keep text formatting when reading in a file

Question

I believe this is a simple question, but I can\'t wrap my head around it. I want to do diagnostic commands in command shell on Windows. Like this:

   $cmd =          


        

Answer 1

Cast to an array of strings, maybe. Like this, for your last example:

$message = @(Get-Content c:\topsecret\testme.txt)

Or this for the second one:

$message = [string[]](ipconfig)