Takes a list of computers and creates a filter that can be pasted into LDMS query.

LDMSMachineFilter.ps1

$filter = "<filter> "
$computername_string = "`"Computer`".`"Computer Name`" = "
$machines = Get-Content "c:\temp\del_machines.txt"

$filter_string = $filter

foreach ($machine in $machines) {


  if ($machine -ne "ServerName") {
  	$filter_string = $filter_string + $computername_string + "`"$machine`"" + " OR " 
	}

}

$filter_string = $filter_string + "</filter>"

Out-File -FilePath "c:\temp\output_filter.txt" -InputObject $filter_string