Powershell - Extract the name of a file with/without its extension from its full path
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Hello,
How to extract the name of a file with/without its extension from its full path in Powershell?
That’s what we’re going to look at in this article.
I propose a solution based on .Net (System.IO.Path) which does not require the file to exist and another solution which requires the file to exist.
Incidentally, I also give the code to retrieve the drive letter and path of the folder the file is in.
# Demo variables$Path1 = '$env:windir\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell_ise.exe'$Path2 = 'c:\chemin\inexistant\altf4formation.txt'
# File name with extension[System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($Path2)# Or (requires that the file exists)(Get-Item $Path1).name
# File name without extension[System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($path2)# Or (requires that the file exists)(Get-Item $Path1).Basename
# Just the file extension[System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($path2)# Or (requires the file to exist)(Get-Item $Path1).Extension
# Just the drive letter[System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($path2)# Or (requires the file to exist)(Get-Item $Path1).DirectoryName.substring(0,3)
# The path without the file name and extension[System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($path2)# Or (requires the file to exist)(Get-Item $Path1).DirectoryNameRelated links
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