Windows 10: Qualified Path Wildcard?

Microsoft Windows Version 10.0.18363.836 1909 Pro
Administrator: Admin cmd

Apparently I wasn't paying attention in Wildcards 101 class.

Google was not my friend. Online MS (and other) docs for the likes of schtasks and mpcmdrun.exe command-line tool aren't detailed at all for <path> and <version> minutia.

What is a successful wildcard for this purpose? If any, I hope...

Thank you!

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Qualified Path Wildcard?

For the purpose of what you were trying to achieve in your OP, what I posted achieves that purpose.

As for asking more generally about the use of asterisks in paths, might I suggest that you try to write down unambiguously what you meant by that asterisk in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\*\MpCmdRun.exe" -SignatureUpdate"
- I think you won't be able to do so.
- You might, however, be able to experiment with DIR "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\*" commands as a step towards a solution and that, in essence, is all I've done in my code.

Denis

 

Qualified Path Wildcard?

In this example even if the asterisk would work:

C:\>"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\*\MpCmdRun.exe" -SignatureUpdate

The problem you'd face is there's often 2 or 3 version directory structures under:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform

 

Qualified Path Wildcard?

Microsoft Windows Version 10.0.18363.836 1909 Pro
Administrator: Admin cmd

Apparently I wasn't paying attention in Wildcards 101 class.

Google was not my friend. Online MS (and other) docs for the likes of schtasks and mpcmdrun.exe command-line tool aren't detailed at all for <path> and <version> minutia.

What is a successful wildcard for this purpose? If any, I hope...

Thank you!