Finding full PC names in AD from csv having only partial PC names

Question

I need to find and remove PCs in csv file from AD. I have only partial names of PCs in csv file.  Is there any way to resolve these partial names in AD to get the full name? For one PC I used these cmdlets which worked fine:
Get-ADComputer -filter {name -like "PC8L080*"} | Remove-ADObject -Confirm:$false
I tried to use Import-Csv cpclist.csv | Foreach-Object{..............
but have problems constructing filter or ldap query :(
Thank you for any help or ideas!
 

Answer 1

OK, not sure why the other method isn't working properly, but this code seems to be working for me
Import-Csv F:\Testing\pcs.csv | Foreach-Object {
$computer = "$($_.Name)*"
Get-ADComputer -filter { Name -like $computer } | Remove-ADObject -Confirm:$false
Now please keep in mind, that if multiple matches are found, then Remove-ADObject will throw an error, if you know that multiple matches will not be found, you will be fine, otherwise, a slight modification will need to be made.
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