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AMIGA
AMIGA

Reputation: 33

Filtering a Get-printer variable output

I need to get all the printers named with a printer name starting with P0

I'm new to PowerShell and the command get-printer did not support my syntax for the filtering. My output variable is empty.

I have tried filtering the command results and tried filtering the content of the results variable with all printers without success.

$PrinterList = Get-Printer -ComputerName "PrintServer" -Filter {name -like 'P0'}

Or 

$PrinterList = Get-Printer -ComputerName "PrintServer"

$PrinterSort = $PrinterList.Name | Where-Object {$PrinterList.Name -Like "P0"}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7110

Answers (2)

Mark Wragg
Mark Wragg

Reputation: 23355

Per the other answer, you need to include one or more wildcard characters in your string (e.g * for 0 or more characters, or ? for a single character).

You can also simplify your code to use a wildcard in the -Name parameter on the cmdlet directly:

$PrinterList = Get-Printer -ComputerName "PrintServer" -Name "P0*"

Upvotes: 2

Ocaso Protal
Ocaso Protal

Reputation: 20237

You need a wildcard for your -like, e.g. name -like 'P0*'

This should work with both of your solutions.

Upvotes: 1

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