How to remove line with section and element in text file?

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I want to remove section and element of text file.
My text file is

Configuration
;
;   Authors: James
;   Created: 10/11/2018
;
;   Accepted

Name
    James
Class
    A2
Birthday
    1 September 1982
Family Member
    4
First Year Salary Number
    100 USD
Second Year Salary Number
    150 USD
Company Name
    Unlimited Company
Total Salary Number
    1300 USD
ExpectedSalaryNumber
    FY:350 USD
    SY:450 USD
    TS:2000 USD

I want to remove the whole content if the head contain of "Salary Number" and "SalaryNumber", also remove the title "Configuration.... " and output the file after remove it. My expectation output file is like this

Name
    James
Class
    A2
Birthday
    1 September 1982
Family Member
    4
Company Name
    Unlimited Company

What I have tried:

switch -regex -file .\BIOS.TXT
{
    'Salary\s*Number'
    {
     
    }
    default
    {
       $_
    }
}

I tried this, but it only remove the section name not include the item.

Posted 11-Nov-19 22:18pm

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Updated 12-Nov-19 2:38am

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2019-11-12T02:30:00

Solution 1

Maybe this will be helpful:
Powershell - Do..While Loop - Tutorialspoint[^]
Powershell - Regular Expression - Tutorialspoint[^]
Match multiple lines with Powershell regex - Stack Overflow[^]

Posted 12-Nov-19 2:30am

RickZeeland

Updated 12-Nov-19 2:37am

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phil.o · Answer 2 · 2019-11-12T02:39:00

Solution 2

Maybe also a case which would filter all lines ending with USD?

ps

switch -regex -file .\BIOS.TXT
{
   // ...
   '.*USD'
   {

   }
}

Posted 12-Nov-19 2:39am

phil.o