ConvertFrom-FixedWidth is a Powershell function served from the PowerShell Gallery that allows you to take fixed width tabular data and convert it to a PowerShell object array.
For example, a table of data in a file called "sample1.txt" that has these contents:
Column1 Column2 Column3
038727664 0521829914551 6034
038764 052182991451 60
Can be converted to an object array like this:
# load the file from disk
$fixedWidthText = Get-Content -Path ./sample1.txt
# define the ordinal locations of the columns (should be one less than the total number of columns)
# in this example the first and second columns are delimited at position 10
# the second column (between Column2 and Column3) is at position 24. this is 24 positions from the left, not 24 from the prior column
$columns = 10, 24
# use ConvertFrom-FixedWidth function from the PowerShell Gallery to get an object array
$objectTable = ConvertFrom-FixedWidth -FixedWidthTableText $fixedWidthText -ColumnIndexArray $columns
# export the object array as Json just to show what it looks like for debugging
$objectTable | ConvertTo-JsonIf you have the PowerShellGet module installed you can enter the following command:
Install-Module ConvertFrom-FixedWidthAlternatively you can download a ZIP file of the latest version from our Releases page.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.