Summary: Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how escape characters for use in regex.

Is there a way to escape characters in a string automatically for use in regex?

 Use the [regex]::escape() method to automatically escape characters in a string so you can use them in regex.

[regex]::escape('something. in here (needs) escaping')

something\.\ in\ here\ \(needs\)\ escaping