You can use the following methods in PowerShell to get a file name from a path:
Method 1: Get File Name from Path (With Extension)
(Get-ChildItem $my_file_path).Name
This particular example gets the file name (with extension) from the path specified by the $my_file_path variable.
Method 2: Get File Name from Path (Without Extension)
(Get-ChildItem $my_file_path).BaseName
This particular example gets the file name (without extension) from the path specified by the $my_file_path variable.
The following examples show how to use each method in practice.
Example 1: How to Get File Name from Path (With Extension)
Suppose we have a file located at the following path:
- c:\users\bobbi\data1\players.txt
Suppose that we would like to get only the file name (with extension) from this path.
We can use the following syntax to do so:
$my_file_path = 'c:\users\bobbi\data1\players.txt'
(Get-ChildItem $my_file_path).Name
The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice:
Notice that this returns players.txt, which represents the file name with the extension.
Example 2: How to Get File Name from Path (Without Extension)
Once again suppose we have a file located at the following path:
- c:\users\bobbi\data1\players.txt
Suppose that we would like to get only the file name (without the extension) from this path.
We can use the following syntax to do so:
$my_file_path = 'c:\users\bobbi\data1\players.txt'
(Get-ChildItem $my_file_path).BaseName
The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice:
Notice that this returns players, which represents the file name without the extension.
Related Tutorials
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in PowerShell:
PowerShell: How to Get Last Folder in Path
PowerShell: How to Check if Folder Exists
PowerShell: How to Use Get-ChildItem to Return Folders Only
