Get-WmiObject - Use OR-Operator in -filter?

Question

I have to do some powershell script modifications which I cannot test properly on my dev machine.

Thats why I would like to know, if I can use an OR-Operator in my Get-WmiObject -filter operation?

Currently we use

(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name like 'ApplicationName1 Client%'" ...).Uninstall()

But lately we renamed the name of the application from ApplicationName1 to NewName. Thats why I would like to add another condition like this:

(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name like 'ApplicationName1 Client%' OR Name like 'NewName Client%'" ...).Uninstall()

My question would be:

Is this a valid syntax for the filter or would this throw an exception / give an error? If it gives an error, how would you do this?

"I have to do some powershell script modifications which I cannot test properly on my dev machine." — Jannik
– Jannik, Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 10:22
Seriously? You write scripts based on the statements of others and run them in a production environment without testing? Your line runs on every windows machine that has a powershell, by removing the .Uninstall() statement you can test the output quite safely. And it takes less time than even writing a question here. — Gerald Schneider
– Gerald Schneider, Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 10:26
Well, ofcourse it would go into test lab first. But building a package for the test lab is taking a bit of time and I thought, it would be better to just make sure. Anyways, I already got my confirmation, thats all I wanted to have ;) — Jannik
– Jannik, Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 10:34

DamianB · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-26 10:18:27Z

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Yes this is valid syntax

for example

Get-WmiObject -Class win32_product -filter "Name Like 'citrix%' OR name like 'Microsoft%'"

Would give every product that starts with Citrix AND every product that starts with Microsoft

answered Apr 26, 2016 at 10:18

DamianB

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