Get PowerShell variables in the current console.
Syntax
Get-Variable [[-Name] String[] ]
[-Include string] [-Exclude string]
[-valueOnly] [-scope string] [CommonParameters]
Key
-Name
The name of the variable(s), may be piped.
-include string
Retrieve only the specified items.
Wildcards are permitted.
-exclude string
Omit the specified items. Wildcards are permitted.
-valueOnly
Get only the value of the variable.
-scope string
The scope in which this alias is valid.
Valid values are "Global", "Local", "Private" 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, type "get-help about_scope".
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
-OutBuffer -OutVariable.
Standard Aliases for Get-Variable: gv
Examples
Display variables with names that begin with var:
PS C:\> get-variable p*
Display only the values (compare with selecting the value property from the object):
PS C:\> get-variable p* -valueOnly
PS C:\> get-variable p* | select value
Display variables that have the ReadOnly option set:
PS C:\> get-variable | Where-Object {$_.Options -like '*ReadOnly*'}
Display and sort variables that begin with either the letter 'S' or the letter 'P':
PS C:\> get-variable -include s*,p* | sort-object name
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it" ~ Brian W. Kernighan
Related PowerShell Cmdlets:
Clear-Variable - Remove the value from a variable.
New-Variable - Create a new variable.
Remove-Variable - Remove a variable and its value.
Set-Variable - Set a variable.
Automatic variables - Variables created and maintained by PowerShell $_, $Args, $Error, $Home etc.
Environment Variables
Equivalent bash command: env - Display, set, or remove environment variables.