How can I use netsh to find a rule using a pattern

Solution 1:

In PowerShell run:

$fw=New-object -comObject HNetCfg.FwPolicy2    
$fw.rules | findstr /i "whaturlookingfor"

better yet:

$fw.rules | select name | select-string "sql"

Solution 2:

This is best I could do. Anyone know how to take it further? Like remove/subtract the Rule Name from the results?

netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all | find "Rule Name:" | find "NameLookingFor"

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Solution 3:

On Windows 10 I get a warning when I execute netsh advfirewall, saying that future Windows versions may not support that feature anymore and one should use PowerShell instead. Luckily, what the OP wanted to do is easy in PowerShell:

Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "SQL*"

I had 1000+ firewall rules that were created by a randomly-named executable that I wanted to remove. The following command made this easy to do:

Remove-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "*mongod.exe"

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Solution 4:

You can try Select-String:

netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all | select-string -pattern "Hyper-V"

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Solution 5:

Without PowerShell you can simply use regex with findstr:

netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all | findstr /R "sql.*"