Wild cards in an array

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1

OK, real newbie here, I would like to compare an array that contains wild cards with the results from a cmdlet.

For example,

$ListOfNames = @("_a*", "_b*", "_c*", "_d*")
get-something | where {($_.somename -notin $ListOfNames)}

I know this is not supported but I’m looking for anyway to accomplish this.

Thanks…

2

Nice question. Here’s how I would solve it:

$ListOfNames = @("_a*", "_b*", "_c*", "_d*")

get-something | Where { 
    @(Foreach ($Check in $ListofNames) {
    $_.SomeName -notlike $Check
    }) -notcontains $False

}

Change the ‘Where’ to a ‘ForEach’ to get an indication of what’s happening.

3

I would use Select-String and regular expressions as search patterns

$ListOfNames = @("^a","^b","^n")
dir | Where-Object {$_.Name | Select-String -Pattern $ListOfNames}

Results similar to:

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name                                                                                                                                                                               
----                -------------     ------ ----                                                                                                                                                                               
-a---         5/21/2013   3:13 PM      28163 Available Storage.xml                                                                                                                                
-a---         4/23/2013   4:59 PM        167 Navi.xml                                                                                                                                                               
-a---         5/21/2013   4:19 PM        360 Nav.xml

or to reverse it:

$ListOfNames = @("^a","^b","^n")
dir | Where-Object {-NOT ($_.Name | Select-String -Pattern $ListOfNames)}

Results similar to:

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name                                                                                                                                                                               
-a---          5/3/2015   5:52 PM     204800 0763dcb4.db4                                                                                                                                                                       
-a---         4/28/2015   4:17 PM     204960 0893e0b4.db4                                                                                                                                                                       
-a---          5/1/2013  10:09 AM      25211 LUNsFun.xml                                                                                                                                               
-a---          5/1/2013  12:07 PM      25211 LUNs.xml                                                                                                                                               
-a---         10/1/2015  11:47 AM     795790 PandaGPA.log