CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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bitshift
bitshift

Reputation: 6842

Get-ChildItem with filter returns files that match but includes some that dont

Get-ChildItem -Path "my-path" -Filter "ABGH14__*"

When I run this I get several files that start with the string "ABGH14__" but also a few that obviously DO NOT start with that string in their file name. What can I check?

If I change to use Where-Object
I get list with no extraneous names included.
Why not the first example?

Get-ChildItem -Path "my-path" | Where-Object {$_.Name -like 'ABGH14__*}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 160

Answers (1)

js2010
js2010

Reputation: 27428

Unfortunately, -filter can match the short file name versions.

cmd /c dir /x my-path\ABGH14__*  # show short filenames

get-childitem -filter *~1*  # would match a lot of short filenames

Upvotes: 1

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