These processes store the operating system’s information in the Environment Variables. Hence, we’ll take you through how to use PowerShell to print Environment Variables.

What is an environment variable?

Environment variables store information about the operating system’s and other programs’ data. It contains information about the operating system path and location of the Windows installation files. Also, it stores details of processes used by the operating system and other programs. Furthermore, environment variables are usually stored in strings and can’t be empty. Likewise, environmental variables, unlike other variables, can be inherited by child processes. Hence, they store values essential and needed in both parent and child processes. However, PowerShell in any of the supported operating system platforms can access, manage and change environment variables. Also, the environment provider in Windows PowerShell allows you to get, clear, change, add, clear, and delete environment variables in the current console.

How do I print all environment variables in PowerShell?

1. Use the ls env command

The above command will provide the PowerShell print path environment variable on the console with their name and values sorted by the name field.

2. Use the GetChildItem Env command

The above command in PowerShell will print all environment variables, sorted by name.

3. Use the dir env command

4. Print all environment variables values to a file

The above command in PowerShell gets all environment variables with their name and values sorted by the name field. Then, use the Export-CSV to convert the objects into a series of Character-Separated Value (CSV) strings. After, it prints all environment variables to a file. You can also check our guide on how to copy files to Remote Computers with PowerShell on Windows 11. Moreover, we have a detailed guide about PowerShell not showing the full output and some fixes to get it working on Windows 11. Do not hesitate to let us know which of the above methods worked for you as well.

SPONSORED Name * Email * Commenting as . Not you? Save information for future comments
Comment

Δ