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Check is [wildcard] Folder exist and set is as variable

I have this bellow command to check is folder contains name "AAA_*" in path "C:\Test" exist and if so - make from it name variable:

$DirPath = "C:\Test"
$DirName = "AAA"
If (Test-Path -Path ($DirPath + "\" + $DirName + "_*")) {                                               
C:;cd\;cd ($DirPath + "\" + $DirName + "_*")
$NameFromDir = pwd | Select-Object | %{$_.ProviderPath.Split("\")[-1]}
cd $PSScriptRoot}

I have to double write it path, and also i need to go to inside of it to set is as variable.

Is this can be done in another shorten or easier way?

Solution

  • Try this ($NameFromDir will be empty if path does not exist):

    $DirPath = "C:\Test"
$DirName = "AAA"
$NameFromDir = (Get-Item "$DirPath\$DirName_*").FullName

    If you need to restrict the result to a single element you can add

    | select-object -First 1