Script echo current command in PowerShell

Question

Suppose I'm running a PowerShell script that takes several input parameters. The command looks like:

psScript.ps1 -arg1 "arg1value" -arg2 "arg2value"

Is there a way to store this exact command in a variable within the script so that I can log it?

Specifically, I'd like to know what to assign to the variable $currentCommand:

$currentCommand = <something>
Write-Host "currently running script " $currentCommand

Such that the Write-Host output would be the exact command line used to invoke the script. If the script command was the same as above, for example, then the output would be:

currently running script psScript.ps1 -arg1 "arg1value" -arg2 "arg2value"

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-07 13:52:02Z

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This may suit your needs:

Write-Host "currently running script " $myinvocation.Line

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edited Oct 7, 2018 at 13:52

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answered Jan 11, 2013 at 17:54

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Dennis Over a year ago

This does not work with calls to other functions. For example I am trying to get the current command as part of an error handler function, and $myInvocation in this case gives me the details about the call to the error handler.

Adam Driscoll · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-11 17:34:37Z

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The $MyInvocation variable will have the information. Here is a good blog post about it.

answered Jan 11, 2013 at 17:34

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