Powershell: how can I get just the text of a property?

Question

I want to get current working directory in powershell, which I do with pwd which gives me output like:

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C:\Users\Ian\source\repos\python\Modules\Hub

However I want to copy this to the clipboard with pwd | clip but the output with the header doesn't really paste nicely into single line text fields.

How do I get just the path (e.g. "C:\Users\Ian\source\repos\python\Modules\Hub")?

I tried pwd | Select-Object -Property Path | clip but it didn't make a difference.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '22 at 22:12

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I found a solution with:

pwd | foreach {$_.Path} | clip

I'm hoping there's a more concise way however.

answered Mar 11 '22 at 22:12

Ian Newson

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`$(pwd).toString() | clip` – Frank Thomas Mar 11 '22 at 22:40
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alternately (and more "powershell-y") `$(pwd).Path | clip` – Frank Thomas Mar 11 '22 at 22:47
@FrankThomas Thanks! For the second idea especially. If the question wasn't closed I would have accepted that as an answer. – Ian Newson Mar 11 '22 at 22:53

Powershell: how can I get just the text of a property?

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