How to write output with new lines in Powershell

Question

I want to create a Powershell script that looks for a certain string in file contents.

Here is my script.ps1

$lookup = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the word you're looking for:"
$res = sls "$lookup" (dir -Recurse *.txt, *.docx, *xlsx)
Write-output "$res"

Read-Host -Prompt "Press Enter to exit"

Looking for a string "A" from my test directory. The output is below:

Enter the word youre looking for: A
C:\Users\koyamashinji\Downloads\test\test1.txt:1:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN C:\Users\koyamashinji\Downloads\test\test2.txt:1:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN C:\Users\koyamashinji\Downloads\test\test3.txt:1:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN C:\Users\koyamashinji\Downloads\test\test4.txt:1:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
Press Enter to exit:

I would like to have a following output with new lines. How do I get the output like this?

Enter the word youre looking for: A
C:\Users\koyamashinji\Downloads\test\test1.txt:1:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
C:\Users\koyamashinji\Downloads\test\test2.txt:1:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
C:\Users\koyamashinji\Downloads\test\test3.txt:1:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
C:\Users\koyamashinji\Downloads\test\test4.txt:1:ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
Press Enter to exit:

Thanks for your help.

Rusty cole · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-08 07:18:50Z

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You need to remove the double quotes from the "$res" variable:

$lookup = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the word you're looking for:"
$res = sls "$lookup" (dir -Recurse *.txt, *.docx, *xlsx)
Write-output $res  <--------- HERE

Read-Host -Prompt "Press Enter to exit"

answered Dec 8, 2022 at 7:18

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