Path of currently executing powershell script

Question

How do I do this in PowerShell. In a batch file I would do: %~d0%~p0

Dup: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/801967/how-can-i-find-the-source-path-of-an-executing-script — Shay Erlichmen, Jul 26 '09 at 06:27

score 45 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 03 '15 at 07:08

45

For PowerShell 3.0 users - following works for both modules and script files:

function Get-ScriptDirectory {
    Split-Path -parent $PSCommandPath
}

edited Feb 03 '15 at 07:08

shivam

answered Mar 14 '13 at 06:00

CodeMonkeyKing

score 37 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '09 at 22:09

37

function Get-ScriptDirectory
{
  $Invocation = (Get-Variable MyInvocation -Scope 1).Value
  Split-Path $Invocation.MyCommand.Path
}

answered Jul 25 '09 at 22:09

JP Alioto

1

See also the answer at the duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6985381/60620 – dan-gph Jul 24 '13 at 07:49
link in answer => 404 – Wolf Jun 08 '21 at 13:37

Bill_Stewart · Answer 3 · 2019-02-02T16:30:50.480

16

Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Parent

edited Feb 02 '19 at 16:30

answered Feb 27 '13 at 17:32

Bill_Stewart

What's `$MyInvocation`? – alex Feb 14 '20 at 18:38
@alex [`$MyInvocation`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_automatic_variables?view=powershell-7#myinvocation) is an automatic variable created by PowerShell. From the docs (linked): `Contains information about the current command, such as the name, parameters, parameter values, and information about how the command was started, called, or invoked, such as the name of the script that called the current command.` – Dan Atkinson Jul 17 '20 at 10:22

score -14 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 07 '13 at 21:47

-14

In powershell 2.0

split-path $pwd

answered Oct 07 '13 at 21:47

FeLocci

3

Wroking directory is not the same as scripts directory. – majkinetor Oct 14 '13 at 13:39

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