Search emails by subject using powershell - powershell

Question

All,
I'm stuck at the following. I get list of emails in my inbox, and I need to search emails that contain specific string in subject (and then parse body of that email). I'm stuck at getting right syntax for filtering emails by subject.
I have this:
$Outlook = New-Object -comObject Outlook.Application
$namespace = $Outlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
$inbox = $namespace.GetDefaultFolder([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders]::olFolderInbox)
$emails = $inbox.items
$subjectComparisonExpression = "Meeting topic is: "
But then none of these work:
#1
$inbox.items | Where-Object {$_.Subject -like $subjectComparisonExpression} | Write-Host($_.Subject)
#2
$myemails = $inbox.items | Where-Object {$_.Subject -like $subjectComparisonExpression}
Write-Host($myemails.count)
#3
$myemails = $emails | Where {$_.Subject -like $subjectComparisonExpression}
Write-Host($myemails.count)
How do I get list of emails where subject contains $subjectComparisonExpression?

Answer 1

Use the Find/FindNext or Restrict methods of the Items class to find items that correspond to your conditions. The Restrict method is an alternative to using the Find method or FindNext method to iterate over specific items within a collection. The Find or FindNext methods are faster than filtering if there are a small number of items. The Restrict method is significantly faster if there is a large number of items in the collection, especially if only a few items in a large collection are expected to be found. You can read more about them in the following articles:
How To: Use Find and FindNext methods to retrieve Outlook mail items from a folder (C#, VB.NET)
How To: Use Restrict method to retrieve Outlook mail items from a folder

Answer 2

Problem was with '-like' keyword. Replaced it with '-match' and it works.