How to do a Get-ADGroup and pass SamAccountName with spaces

Question

Hi,
I read a text file of groups in SamAccountName form into a variable, then do a Get-ADgroup to ensure they are in a specific SearchBase, then I want to delete them if found in the Searchbase.  Problem is the SamAccountNames have spaces in them
and I cant figure out the right syntax in the Get-ADGroup for the $Group variable to accomodate the spaces, or put quotes around the $Group variable.  Examples of SamAccountNames are Accounts Payable and LDW URP 
$EGroups = Get-Content c:\MyGroups.txt
[int]$counter = 0
Foreach ($Group in $EGroups) {
Try {
$counter++
$DMGroup = Get-ADGroup -Filter {SamAccountName -eq $Group} -SearchBase "OU=Test,DC=Acme,DC=Com" -SearchScope Subtree
Remove-ADGroup $DMGroup -Whatif
$Group | Out-File $env:HOMEPATH\EGroupsRemoved.txt -Append
Catch {
$Group | Out-File $env:HOMEPATH\EGroupsNotRemoved.txt -Append
Write-Host "Processed $counter Groups"
Thanks for your help! SdeDot

Answer 1

If you're using the SamAccountName then I would recommend you use the parameter set that allows you to provide it to the -Identity parameter, not the -Filter parameter. You can see the three parameter sets if you do a Get-Help Get-ADGroup and look in the
Syntax section. The example below will read in groups listed in a text file, even if there are spaces in the groups, and return information about each of them as they pass through the Get-ADGroup cmdlet. You'll definitely want to keep your try-catch blocks
in place to help gracefully handle any issues where a group cannot be found in the directory.
Example Text File
ADMIN-Front Office Staff
ADMIN-Front Office Students
$Groups = Get-Content -Path 'C:\GroupFile.txt'
Foreach ($Group in $Groups) {
Get-ADGroup -Identity $Group