PowerShell – Easy Way to Manipulate Parts of a FileName

Scenario:  You want to use PowerShell to extract parts of the following filename:   C:temp123.csv

 

Script:

$f =  “C:temp123.csv”

[io.fileinfo] $f | % Basename     #Result:  123.csv

[io.fileinfo] $f | % Extension      #Result:   .csv

[io.fileinfo] $f | % Name        #Result:      123.csv

[io.fileinfo] $f | % DirectoryName      #Result:    C:temp

[io.fileinfo] $f | % FullName   #Result:   C:temp123.csv

 

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