Leading "0" in IP addresses can cause confusion because many network commands interpret octets with leading "0" as octal numbers:
# no leading "0": PS> ping 10.10.5.12 Pinging 10.10.5.12 with 32 bytes of data: (...) # leading "0": PS> ping 010.10.005.012 Pinging 8.10.5.10 with 32 bytes of data: (...)
To remove leading "0" from IP addresses, use this piece of code:
PS> '010.10.005.012' -replace '\b0*','' 10.10.5.12
