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Powershell, help comparing 2 variables values

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Hi everyone
I'm a powershell noob and im trying to create a script that can help me compare some citrix profile folders that are name SAM_xxxxx+x+xx+xxx along those lines with our current users in AD, in my mind a pretty simple script, however i can't make it work.
$ADusers = Get-ADUser -SearchBase “OU=Users,OU=xxx,DC=xx,DC=xxx” -Filter * | select SamAccountName | Sort-Object SamAccountName
$folders = get-childitem -Path \\xxxxx\xxxx -Directory
$temp = "false"
foreach ($folder in $folders)
{
foreach ($i in $ADuser.samaccountname)
{
if($folder.Name -like $i){
$temp = "true"
break
}
else {
$temp = "false"
}
if($temp -eq "true"){
write $i
}
}
}
Pretty sure its my $folder.name -like $i statement thats wrong, however i can't figure out how to fix it.
I also thought about deleting everything after _ in the $folder.name but i couldn't get that to work either
I would be very gratefull if anyone could help me shed some light on this problem.
Thanks in advance, Hidin
Monday, February 17, 2020 2:40 PM
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Are you sure that the sAMAccountName of users exactly matche the name of the folders? If not then asterisks would help if it is not an exact matching: https://community.idera.com/database-tools/powershell/powertips/b/tips/posts/escape-wildcards
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Ahmed MALEK
Monday, February 17, 2020 3:00 PM -
Thanks for the reply
The SAM account name is not like the folders. The sam accounts are named "ABC" and the folders are named "ABC_XXX+XXX+64X". I'm not sure what syntax to use to get around this, atleast the things i've tried havn't worked. For example if i try
if($folder.Name -like '$i*')
or
if($folder.Name -like '`$i*')
It doesn't work
- Edited by HidinDK Monday, February 17, 2020 3:23 PM
Monday, February 17, 2020 3:21 PM -
Use $foldername -match $samaccountname.
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Monday, February 17, 2020 7:01 PM -
if($folder.Name -like "$i*")
you should use double quotes
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:33 AM