Getting Script name in Powershell

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Is there any other way except $MyInvocation.InvocationName in powershell to get the script name? As i need to turn my script in an exe and in that case it doesnt work on that exe.

jon Z · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-01T16:31:27.290

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I'm assuming since you convert the powershell script to an executable that you are after the location of the executable. You can get it this way:

[Environment]::GetCommandLineArgs()[0]

edited Feb 01 '12 at 16:31

answered Feb 01 '12 at 16:22

jon Z

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fwiw - if you are debugging this in ISE, the script name becomes the second parameter: `[Environment]::GetCommandLineArgs()[1]` – Dave Wise May 13 '13 at 18:47
Try `$PSCommandPath` or `$MyInvocation.PSCommandPath` (according to this great answer : https://stackoverflow.com/a/43643346/5649639) – SebMa Nov 04 '21 at 22:31

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '16 at 17:35

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If you want something that works within and outside of ISE you can use

$MyInvocation.InvocationName

Since full paths and .\YourScript.ps1 can be returned you can parse the name with:

[Regex]::Match( $MyInvocation.InvocationName, '[^\\]+\Z', [System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions]::IgnoreCase -bor [System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions]::SingleLine ).Value

answered Jan 30 '16 at 17:35

Simon Mattes

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When called from within a function, `$MyInvocation.InvocationName` is the function's name. – Laurent CAPRANI Apr 26 '18 at 22:41

Getting Script name in Powershell

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