I'm looking to identify all files from text file of paths that match a pattern. Select-String is searching the content of the files and not just the list of file names. How do I confine it to just the list?

I've read through the docs on SS64 and Microsoft and tried the parameters that look related,-Raw, -SimpleMatch and -Path for instance. No go.

List of names to search through:

» $fileList
\\server\imagery\09Aug2015\506000_6717000.tif
\\server\imagery\515000_6896000.tif

The results I'm getting:

» Select-String -Pattern "Aug" $fileList

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Desired result:

» Select-String -Pattern "Aug" $fileList

\\server\imagery\09Aug2015\506000_6717000.tif

I'm using Powershell Core v7.2 on Win10.

CodePudding user response：

If you just want to search the file names. Get-ChildItem '\server\imagery' -recurse -include aug | select-object fullname | sort fullname | more

CodePudding user response：

If you want to search the literal strings in your variable, you pass it down the pipeline like this.

$filelist | Select-String -Pattern aug -AllMatches

When you call it like you did, it's binding to the path parameter. It can either search contents of files or strings, depending on what you give it.

Select-String -Pattern aug $filelist