PowerShell: filter string list

Question

This seems like a very basic thing to do, but I am new to PowerShell and can\'t figure this out or find an example online...

I am trying to filter a list of strings. Thi

Answer 1

Use:

svn list -R PATHTOREPOSITORY | where {$_ -like "*stringtomatch*"}

Answer 2

You might consider using -match instead of -like. -Match is more powerful (regex based) and will work like you were initially expecting:

svn list -R PATHTOREPOSITORY | where {$_ -match 'stringtomatch'}