Powershell correctly use include keyword

Question

This is my script which is working fine.

$include = @(
    'File.M*'
    'ABC.M*' 
    'XYZ.M*'
)

At the end there is .M*. Is there anyway that I can simply use the common .M* outside of the bracket? Something like this:

 $include= @((
    "File"
    "ABC" 
    "XYZ"
    )+.M*)

nope. each item in the array of patterns must be complete in itself. — Lee_Dailey
– Lee_Dailey, Commented Jul 12, 2021 at 6:56

Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-12 07:08:50Z

5

Not exactly like that, but you could do

$include = @(
    'File'
    'ABC' 
    'XYZ'
) | ForEach-Object {$_ + ".M*"}

and get the same thing

File.M*
ABC.M* 
XYZ.M*

Another way would be to use -replace and regex.

$include = @(
    'File'
    'ABC' 
    'XYZ'
) -replace '$', '.M*'

Note: $ is the position at the end of each line

answered Jul 12, 2021 at 6:59

Daniel

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Loving the regex solution as much as hating the loop solution :)