Query Layer Properties Editing Command Line

[joe_schmidtR6QZX]

Hello,

I need a command that can find any layer with a specified word contained in the layer name and select those layers. Similar to how searching *mech* in the layer properties menu will bring back any layer with "mech" in it. How do I do this but in the command line.

TLDR: select layers containing specific characters (and change their properties) through command line.

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

Change the properties of all such Layers to the same settings?  All the same color, or linetype, or...?  You can already do that -- use the hyphen-prefixed -LAYER command, and choose an option [other than Make or Set] and a value for it, and give it the Layer name(s) to assign that to with wildcards just as you describe, for example *mech* [it's not even case-sensitive].

[joe_schmidtR6QZX]

Not sure why this wasn't working earlier but its working now. Thank you!