Q. Can PowerShell read and parse XML files?

A. Yes, although the means isn't very obvious. If you have an XML file named Mine.xml, do this:

[xml]$xml = Get-Content Mine.xml

That'll read the file, parse the XML, and construct within the $xml variable an object tree based on the XML structure. Run

$xml | Get-Member

to see the root of the object hierarchy. For more information, see the great post "Processing XML with PowerShell" and the introductory tutorial "PowerShell and XML".

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