Gets the variables in the current console. (Get-Variable)
NAMEGet-VariableSYNOPSISGets the variables in the current console.SYNTAXGet-Variable [[-Name] <string[]>] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Include <string[]>] [-Scope <string>] [-ValueOnly] [<CommonParameters>]DESCRIPTIONThe Get-Variable cmdlet gets the Windows PowerShell variables in the current console. You can retrieve just the values of the variables by specifying the ValueOnly parameter, and you can filter the variables returned by name.PARAMETERS-Exclude <string[]> Omits the specified items. Wildcards are permitted. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Include <string[]> Specifies only the items upon which the cmdlet will act, excluding all others. Wildcards are permitted. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Name <string[]> Specifies the name of the variable. Required? false Position? 1 Default value Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName) Accept wildcard characters? false -Scope <string> Gets only the variables in the specified scope. Valid values are "Global", "Local", or "Script", or a number relative to the current scope (0 through the number of scopes, where 0 is the current scope and 1 is its parent). "Local" is the default. For more information, see about_Scopes. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -ValueOnly [<SwitchParameter>] Gets only the value of the variable. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters> This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type, "get-help about_commonparameters".INPUTSSystem.String You can pipe a string that contains the variable name to Get-Variable.OUTPUTSVariable object Get-Variable returns a System.Management.Automation variable object for each variable that it gets. The object type depends on the variable.NOTESThis cmdlet does not manage environment variables. To manage environment variables, you can use the environment variable provider.Examples
EXAMPLE 1C:\PS>get-variable m*Description----------- This command displays variables with names that begin with the letter "m". The value of the variables is also displayed.EXAMPLE 2C:\PS>get-variable m* -valueonlyDescription----------- This command displays only the values of the variables with names that begin with the letter "m".EXAMPLE 3C:\PS>get-variable -include M*,P* | sort-object nameDescription----------- This command gets information about the variables that begin with either the letter "M" or the letter "P". The results are piped to the Sort-Object cmdlet, sorted by name, and displayed.EXAMPLE 4C:\PS>get-variable -scope 0 C:\PS> compare-object (get-variable -scope 0) (get-variable -scope 1)Description----------- The first command gets only the variables that are defined in the local scope. It is equivalent to "get-variable -scope local" and can be abbreviated as "gv -s 0". The second command uses the Compare-Object cmdlet to find the variables that are defined in the parent scope (Scope 1) but are visible only in the local scope (Scope 0). RELATED LINKS Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113336 Set-Variable New-Variable Clear-Variable Remove-Variable C:\Windows>powershell get-help New-Variable -full
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