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Read in an IIS *log file saved in format W3C.

The Import-Iis-Log cmdlet provides a way for you to read in data from an IIS *log file (saved in format W3C) and then display that data in tabular format within the Windows PowerShell console.

Parameters:

-Path (string, required, position = 0, value from pipeline, not null, not empty) Specifies the path to the IIS *.log file to import. You can also pipe a path to Import-Iss-Log.

-Delimiter (string, position = 1, not null, not empty) Specified the delimiter that separated the property values in the IIS *log file. The default value is a spacebar.

-Encoding (Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemCmdletProviderEncoding) The character encoding for the IIS *.log file. The default value is the UTF8.

The cmdlet outputs in the pipeline objects with following properties:

DateTime (System.DateTime) Combined “date” and “time” values of a log.

ClientHost (System.Net.IpAddress) “c-ip” value of a log.

UserName (string or $null for anonymous user) “cs-username” value of a log.

Service (string) “s-sitename” value of a log.

Machine (string) “s-computername” value of a log.

ServerIp (System.Net.IpAddress) “s-ip” value of a log.

ServerPort (int) “s-port” value of a log.

Method (string) “cs-method” value of a log.

ScriptPath (string) “cs-uri-stem” value of a log, decoded with System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode.

QueryString (string or $null for HTTP requests without query string) “cs-uri-query” value of a log, decoded with System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode.

ServiceStatus (int) “sc-status” value of a log.

ServiceSubStatus (int) “sc-substatus” value of a log.

Win32Status (int) “sc-win32-status” value of a log.

BytesSent (System.UInt64) “sc-bytes” value of a log.

BytesRecived (System.UInt64) “cs-bytes” value of a log.

ProcessingTime (int) “time-taken” value of a log.

ProtocolVersion (string) “cs-version” value of a log.

Host (string of $null for HTTP requests without Host header) “cs-host” value of a log.

UserAgent (string or $null for request without an User-Agent header) “cs(User-Agent)” value of a log.

Cookie (string or $null for requests without a cookie) “cs(Cookie)” value of a log.

Referer (string or $null for requests without a referer) “cs(Referer)” value of a log, decoded with System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode.

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