PowerShell: List Files by Wildcard Name Pattern
Filter File Name by Wildcard (-filter)
-filter parameter takes a
Wildcards pattern to show only those files.
Useful if you want to list files of a specific filename extension.
You cannot use the filter parameter to filter multiple filename extensions.
# list jpg files dir -recurse -file -filter *.jpg
# list emacs backup files (file name ending in ~) dir -recurse -file -filter *~
Filter File Name by Multiple File Extensions
You can use
-include or -exclude
with Wildcards
to filter out files by multiple file name extensions.
e.g.
-include *.jpg,*.png
the Exclude parameter is applied after the Include parameter.
- 🛑 WARNING: when you use
-includeor-exclude, you must list by dir content, e.g.dir *or with-recurse - 💡 TIP:
-includeor-excludeis MUCH slower than using-filter
-include
dir -recurse -file -include *.jpg,*.jpeg # or dir -recurse -file -include "*.jpg","*.jpeg"
-exclude
dir -recurse -file -exclude *.jpg,*.jpeg
Filter File Name by Regular Expression
PowerShell. List Dirs and Files
List Dirs
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List Files
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- PowerShell: Filter File Name by Regular Expression
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