Powershell query with -like and wildcard

Question

I currently use this script, called with -name nameofuser to get the current owner of a computerobject. problem is that if i write USER NAME i get results containing both USER and NAME not just "USER NAME"'s objects.

 param(
      [string]$name  
      )

    $1 = Get-ADComputer -filter * -Properties * | Where-Object {$_.ManagedBy -like "*$name*"}
    $1 = $1.name

    IF ($1 -eq $Null)

    {
    Write-Host "Unable to find computer with manager named : " -NoNewline
    Write-Host "$name" -ForegroundColor Red
    }

    else
    {
    Write-Host "Computername is : " -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -NoNewline
    Write-Host "$1" -ForegroundColor Green
    }

Answer 1

Instead of using -like try using -match. You wouldn't need a wildcard then.