PowerShell: String Wildcards

Wildcard can be used to represent string patterns. For example, dir "*jpg" means list any filename ending in jpg.

?

Match any character.

*

Match any character, zero or more times.

[a-z]

Match a range of characters a to z.

[chars]

Match any char in chars

• Most command's Path parameter value is interpreted as wildcard pattern. e.g. dir *.jpg lists only files whose name ends in .jpg.
• If you don't want wildcard, use the LiteralPath parameter.