PowerShell – Read Text File from Bottom to Top

# MrNetTek
# eddiejackson.net
# 5/4/2021
# free for public use
# free to claim as your own

Clear-Host

$fileName = 'C:\PowerShell\text.txt'

# READ FILE
$arr = Get-Content -Path $fileName

# REVERSE THE ARRAY
[array]::reverse($arr)

# DISPLAY ARRAY
foreach($line in $arr) {
    $line
}

# CLEAR SESSION
$fileName = ""
$arr.Clear()
$line = ""

 

Notes

Clear-Host

Get-Content

Array

ForEach

 

Return last line of a text file

Get-Item -Path C:\PowerShell\text.txt | Get-Content -Tail 1