PoshBytes: When PowerShell Cares About Case
PowerShell usually ignores case, but its operators can tell a very different story. Learn when and how to use case-sensitive operators like -ceq and -cmatch.
This post is a companion for the video embedded below. Scroll down to see the code from the video.
The default behavior
Case-insensitive comparison
"hello" -eq "HELLO"When you actually care about case
Case-sensitive comparison
"hello" -ceq "HELLO"The pattern continues
Not match
"test" -ceq "TEST"
"test" -cne "TEST"
"PowerShell" -cmatch "powershell"
"PowerShell" -cnotmatch "powershell"Explicitly ignoring case
Explicitly case-insensitive
"hello" -ieq "HELLO"Wrap Up
• -eq, -match → ignore case
• -ceq, -cmatch → case-sensitive
• -ieq, -imatch → explicitly ignore case
• Default comparison operators ignore case
• Prefix with c to make them case-sensitive
• Prefix with i to explicitly ignore case
• Choose the operator that matches your intent, not just what works