---
title: "New-VBRNASBackupWildcardMask"
description: "This cmdlet creates the VBRNASBackupWildcardMask object. This object defines settings of a wildcard mask for file backup job. You can use this mask to exclude files from file backup job or include them to this job."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbrnasbackupwildcardmask.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Unstructured Data Backup > Working with Unstructured Data Source Jobs > Adding File Backup Jobs > New-VBRNASBackupWildcardMask"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRNASBackupWildcardMask

## Short Description
Defines a wildcard mask for file backup job.

**Product Edition**: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>AllParameterSets (Default)</code></p>

```
New-VBRNASBackupWildcardMask [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>NASServer</code></p>

```
New-VBRNASBackupWildcardMask -Wildcard <String> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates the `VBRNASBackupWildcardMask` object. This object defines settings of a wildcard mask for file backup job. You can use this mask to exclude files from file backup job or include them to this job.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Wildcard</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the wildcard value.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the `VBRNASBackupWildcardMask` object that defines settings of a wildcard mask for file backup job.

## Examples

::: example
### Defining Wildcard Mask for File Backup Job

This command defines the wildcard mask the `.avi` types of files.

```
$exclusionMask = New-VBRNASBackupWildcardMask -Wildcard "*.avi"
```

:::