Select-String -pattern wholeword

Question

I'm trying to find all the file starting with dt and extension c* that have this precise string inside "CheckAnagrEA" The problem is that this cmdlet returns also files that have "CheckAnagrEAInsert" etc.

Here's the code:

$cnt = Get-ChildItem $githubfolder -Filter DT*.c* -Recurse -Exclude *.sql | Select-String -pattern "CheckAnagrEA"

How can i find ONLY the wholeword?

Answer 1

Try the pattern

\bCheckAnagrEA\b

\b matches a word boundary. See the documentation.