Count lines in file and store in Variable

Measure-Object returns a TextMeasureInfo object, not an integer:

PS C:\> $lines = Get-Content .\foo.txt | Measure-Object -LinePS C:\> $lines.GetType()IsPublic IsSerial Name                 BaseType-------- -------- ----                 --------True     False    TextMeasureInfo      Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MeasureInfo

The information you want to use is provided by the Lines property of that object:

PS C:\> $lines | Get-Member   TypeName: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TextMeasureInfoName        MemberType Definition----        ---------- ----------Equals      Method     bool Equals(System.Object obj)GetHashCode Method     int GetHashCode()GetType     Method     type GetType()ToString    Method     string ToString()Characters  Property   System.Nullable`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Vers...Lines       Property   System.Nullable`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Vers...Property    Property   System.String Property {get;set;}Words       Property   System.Nullable`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Vers...

That property returns an actual integer:

PS C:\> $lines.Lines.GetType()IsPublic IsSerial Name                 BaseType-------- -------- ----                 --------True     True     Int32                System.ValueTypePS C:\> $lines.Lines5

so you can use that in your loop:

PS C:\> for ($i = 0; $i -le $lines.Lines; $i++) { echo $i }012345PS C:\> _

For what it's worth, I found the above example returned the wrong number of lines. I found this returned the correct count:

$measure = Get-Content c:\yourfile.xyz | Measure-Object $lines = $measure.Countecho "line count is: ${lines}"

You probably want to test both methods to figure out what gives you the answer you want. Using "Line" returned 20 and "Count" returned 24. The file contained 24 lines.

$lines = Get-Content -Path PostBackupCheck-Textfile.txt | Measure-Object -Line | select -expand Lines