NAME
    Get-Variable

SYNOPSIS
    Gets the Variables in the current console.

SYNTAX
    Get-Variable [[-Name] <string[]>] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Include <string[]>] [-Scope <string>] [-ValueOnly] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION
    The 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“.

INPUTS
    System.String
        You can pipe a string that contains the Variable name to Get-Variable.

OUTPUTS
    Variable object
        Get-Variable returns a System.Management.Automation Variable object for each Variable that it gets. The object type depends on the Variable.

NOTES

        This cmdlet does not manage Environment Variables. To manage Environment Variables, you can use the Environment Variable provider.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 1 ————————–

    C:\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 2 ————————–

    C:\PS>Get-Variable m* -ValueOnly

    Description
    ———–
    This command displays only the values of the Variables with names that begin with the letter “m”.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 3 ————————–

    C:\PS>Get-Variable -Include M*,P* | Sort-Object name

    Description
    ———–
    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 4 ————————–

    C:\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
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