Is there a way in PowerShell to list DNS records that start with or include some consecutive characters

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Is there a way in PowerShell to list DNS records that start with or include some consecutive characters

Soar 116

I use Get-DnsServerResourceRecord with or without -Name XYZ to list all/some DNS records or a specific record named XYZ. How about if I want to list those records starting with X or including Y? Is there a way?

Note: I selected Azure DNS tag because there isn't another relevant tag. But the DNS I'm managing isn't Azure.

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Boris Von Dahle 3,221

Hello,

There is a way :

$DnsZone = "yourdomain.com" # Replace with your DNS zone name
$DnsServer = "yourdnsserver" # Replace with your DNS server name or IP address
$FilterString = "example" # Replace with the consecutive characters you want to search for
# Get DNS records from the specified zone
$DnsRecords = Get-DnsServerResourceRecord -ZoneName $DnsZone -ComputerName $DnsServer
# Filter records based on the consecutive characters
$FilteredRecords = $DnsRecords | Where-Object { $_.HostName -like "*$FilterString*" }
# Display the filtered records
$FilteredRecords

Soar 116 Reputation points

2023-04-15T07:11:43.1733333+00:00
Since I don't have access to the DNS server today, let me verify that without the variables, the line should look like this:

Get-DnsServerResourceRecord -ZoneName mydomain.net | Where-Object { HostName -like "*y*" }

Is that correct?
Boris Von Dahle 3,221 Reputation points

2023-04-15T07:16:10.0633333+00:00
You forgot $_. before HostName.

Get-DnsServerResourceRecord -ZoneName mydomain.net | Where-Object { $_.HostName -like "y" }

This Should work fine.
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Daniel Andryszak 121 Reputation points

2025-10-23T19:06:40.96+00:00

I have been looking for something like this.

Thank you.

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Is there a way in PowerShell to list DNS records that start with or include some consecutive characters

I use Get-DnsServerResourceRecord with or without -Name XYZ to list all/some DNS records or a specific record named XYZ. How about if I want to list those records starting with X or including Y? Is there a way?

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