Read text after last backslash

Question

I am would like to read in the text after the last backslash from my text file. Currently I have: ``` $data=Get-Content "C:	emp\users.txt" ``` The users.txt file contains path from users home directories ``` \myserver.home.com\users\user1.test ``` How can I pick out the users account (user1.test) name at the end of the line of text so I can use it as a variable?

Accepted Answer

You can use a simple regex to remove everything until and including the last slash:

```
$user = $data -replace '.*\'
```

Read text after last backslash

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