Updates text found with Select-String, using a regular expression replacement template.

Set-RegexReplace [-Replacement] <String> [-InputObject <MatchInfo>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

{{ Fill in the Description }}

)' README.md |Set-RegexReplace "`$1 $(Get-Date) `$2"

Updates the generated date in README.md.

\d+</td>)' |Set-RegexReplace '$1 align="right"$2'

<table> <colgroup><col/><col/></colgroup> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Length</th></tr> <tr><td>README.md</td><td align="right">21099</td></tr> </table>

A regular expression replacement string.

• $$ is a literal $
• $_ is the entire input string.
• $` is the string before the match.
• $& is the entire matching string.
• $' is the string after the match.
• $1 is the first matching group.
• $n (where n is a number) is the nth matching group.
• $name is the group named "name".
• $+ is the last matching group.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The output from Select-String.

Type: MatchInfo
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/base-types/substitutions-in-regular-expressions

https://github.com/brianary/Detextive/