CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershell
Lumify
Lumify

Reputation: 21

Using variable in Get-Content in PowerShell

I'm trying to do

Get-Content $env.userprofile\file.txt

but it gives me an error. There's no problem if I use the full path. What's the right way to do this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3901

Answers (1)

BYC
BYC

Reputation: 132

Try outputting the value itself, it should be $Env:UserProfile so : not ..

So in this case;

Get-Content "$($Env:UserProfile)\file.txt"

Or you can use Join-Path rather than just concatenating the string;

Get-Content -Path (Join-Path $Env:UserProfile "file.txt")

Upvotes: 1

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