How to get the computer name in PowerShell?

Question

I create a batch file with:

%computername% > %computername%.txt

It works great and creates the text file with computer name. But how to create the same in PowerShell?

Different codes do not work, or my ideas are wrong. Only the computer name is in the text file but I wish to use the computer name for my text file if I don't know the name.

I tried:

Hostname >> .txt

But this writes the hostname in a file named .txt. Next try:

$env:computername > $env:computername.txt

But this does nothing.

I don't know what I can do?

Donald Duck is with Ukraine · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-17 08:42:35Z

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I found a solution. This writes a text file in the desired path. To get the path of the current directory, use the wildcard .\. Here it is:

$hn = Hostname 
new-item .\$hn.txt 
$hn >> .\$hn.txt

Create variable
Create a text file
Write to the text file

My problem is I tried all scripts without wildcard for path.

edited Oct 17, 2022 at 8:42

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