Take the folder name and put in the variable

Question

How can I take the name of the current folder and put into a variable in powerShell?

Thanks.

It's already a variable: `$PWD` – briantist Feb 28 '18 at 16:44 — briantist, Feb 28 '18 at 16:44

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '18 at 16:37

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you can get the current working directory with

pwd

(pwd is an alias for Get-Location)

if you then select this as an object you can get the path

pwd | Select-Object | %{$_.ProviderPath}

you can split this

pwd | Select-Object | %{$_.ProviderPath.Split("\")}

Then take the last - which is you folder name

pwd | Select-Object | %{$_.ProviderPath.Split("\")[-1]}

to assign to a variable

$folderName = pwd | Select-Object | %{$_.ProviderPath.Split("\")[-1]}

answered Feb 28 '18 at 16:37

developer

Thanks man. I can't upvote yet. :) – John Adam1 Feb 28 '18 at 16:41
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No need for Select-Object or foreach. $location = (Get-Location).Path | Split-Path -Leaf – Dave Feb 28 '18 at 17:02
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@Dave One better, `$location = $pwd | Split-Path -Leaf` since `$pwd` already is the "Present Working Directory" path – HeedfulCrayon Feb 28 '18 at 17:29

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 16:34

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to return your current location use Get-Location

answered Feb 28 '18 at 16:34

physlexic

This will return the full path, not only the current folder name. – Filburt Feb 28 '18 at 16:35
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Correct. I assumed that's what OP wanted. Sorry if I was wrong. – physlexic Feb 28 '18 at 16:38

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