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Searching for backslash in a string with Powershell

I need to search for the amount of backslashes in a string to determine some file path parameters. I have not worked out a way to seach for a backslash without Powershell thinking it is an escapee character. 

([regex]::Matches($FilePath, "\" )).count

Or

$a -match "\"

These both come up with an error "Illegal \ at end of pattern"

Thanks!

Solution

  • You can escape a backslash with a backslash:

    [Regex]::Matches($FilePath, "\\").Count