Folder path of a PowerShell file in PowerShell

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My PowerShell script file is located in C:/this-folder/that-folder/another-folder/powershell-file.ps1.

How do I get a variable that returns C:/this-folder/that-folder/another-folder/?

This seems to be asking how powershell-file.ps1 can get the parent directory path of itself, but it would be good to make that explicit. — Lance U. Matthews
– Lance U. Matthews, Commented Aug 6, 2022 at 0:17

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-05 17:56:46Z

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Try this command in your script:

Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-05 17:57:47Z

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In PowerShell 3.0 you can get it with the new $PSScriptRoot variable, and with $PSCommandPath you can get the full script path.

There's also a great post by MVP Keith hill you may want to check: Determining $ScriptDir Safely

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-05 17:59:44Z

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You can use a standard .NET method:

$dirName = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName("c:\temp\abc\myproj1\newdata.txt")

From PowerShell: Get parent directory name from file or directory path.

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Lance U. Matthews Over a year ago

The question isn't explicit but seems to be asking how to get the directory path of the executing script. If you're going to hard-code paths you might as well just do $dirName = "c:\temp\abc\myproj1".

Andy Arismendi · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-30 12:44:50Z

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I'm assuming you want to know what folder your script is running in when it's being run.

This should do it:

Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path

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Johny Skovdal Over a year ago

This includes the script name, which is what he already knows, so the other answers are more correct.

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