WildcardPattern.Escape(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Management.Automation
Assembly:
System.Management.Automation.dll
Package:
Microsoft.PowerShell.5.1.ReferenceAssemblies v1.0.0
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.0.13
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.1.7
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.2.12
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.3.5
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.4.0
Package:
Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v6.1.0
Package:
Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v6.2.0

Escape special chars in a string by replacing them with their escape codes.

public:
 static System::String ^ Escape(System::String ^ pattern);
public:
 static Platform::String ^ Escape(Platform::String ^ pattern);
 static std::wstring Escape(std::wstring const & pattern);
public static string Escape (string pattern);
static member Escape : string -> string
Public Shared Function Escape (pattern As String) As String

Parameters

pattern
String

The input string containing the text to convert.

Returns

String

A string of characters with any metacharacters converted to their escaped form.

Applies to