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How to Get Current Path in Powershell into a Variable

Alexander Ross • • 2 min read
How to Get Current Path in Powershell into a Variable

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Hi, I have a powershell script(.ps1) and it needs to work with the current path(e.g. "C:\Users\user\Desktop"). I don't know how to set it into a variable. I know the variable $PWD, but it is:

Path          
----          
C:\Users\user\Desktop

and I need it without 'Path ----'.

Thank you for the answers, Andrew

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Here are some ways to do that. basically you just need to expand the path property.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $PWD

Path
----
C:\WINDOWS\system32

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $PWD.Path
C:\WINDOWS\system32
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $PWD | select -Expand Path
C:\WINDOWS\system32
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> (get-location).path
C:\WINDOWS\system32
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