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How would I know the process ID (PID) of the current PowerShell process?
Copy-Item \\APPSRVR02\DocExport\*.csv \\APPSRVRWPA\d$\DocImport\ImportFiles\
Remove-Item \\APPSRVRAP02\DocExport\*.csv
Some command to know PID of the process that is executing the above statements.
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Task Manager can be opened in a number of ways, but the simplest is to select Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and then select Task Manager. In Windows, first click More details to expand the information displayed. From the Processes tab, select Details to see the process ID listed in the PID column. Click on any column name to sort.
With a PowerShell console open, run Get-Process using the Name parameter to only show all running processes with Calculator as the name. You'll see the same output you've seen previously. Get-Process returns many properties as expected.
$PID is an automatic variable and contains the process identifier of the process hosting the current PowerShell session. With the -id option of get-process , it is possible to query some data about the current powershell process: get-process -id $PID | format-table startTime, path, workingSet.
To get all running processes on the remote computer, you need to use – ComputerNameparameter in Get-process cmdlet, WMI class Win32_Process or using the Get-CimInstance cmdlet.
Powershell has a concept called Automatic Variables.
These are variables which the host defines when it starts up, so if you want to know the ID of the powershell process you are running in you can just type $PID and it will output the ID of the powershell process you are running within. Depending on what you need the process ID for that should work for you.
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