Using Get-ChildItem to retrieve folder,name,fullname

Question

I'm currently using this script to pull the Name,Folder,Foldername from a given path:

   Get-ChildItem "C:\user\desktop"  | Select Name, `
  @{ n = 'Folder'; e = { Convert-Path $_.PSParentPath } }, `
  @{ n = 'Foldername'; e = { ($_.PSPath -split '[\\]')[-2] } } ,
  @{ n = 'Fullname'; e = { Convert-Path $_.PSParentPath } } |
    Export-Csv "C:\user\desktop\txt.txt" -Encoding Utf8 -NoTypeInformation

I am having trouble getting @{ n = 'Fullname'; e = { Convert-Path $_.PSParentPath } } to pull through the full file path.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You mistakenly referenced PSParentPath when you meant PSPath to get the full name (full filesystem path):

Get-ChildItem "C:\user\desktop" | Select Name, `
  @{ n = 'Folder'; e = { Convert-Path $_.PSParentPath } }, `
  @{ n = 'Foldername'; e = { ($_.PSPath -split '[\\]')[-2] } } ,
  @{ n = 'Fullname'; e = { Convert-Path $_.PSPath } }  # NOT $_.PS*Parent*Path

However, as others have pointed out, the full path is a standard property on the output objects produced by Get-ChildItem, so you can simply reference the FullName property:

Get-ChildItem "C:\user\desktop" | Select Name, `
  @{ n = 'Folder'; e = { Convert-Path $_.PSParentPath } }, `
  @{ n = 'Foldername'; e = { ($_.PSPath -split '[\\]')[-2] } } ,
  FullName

^{P.S.: '\\' will do as the RHS of the -split operator, but if you wanted to be cross-platform-friendly, you could use [\\/]}

Note: The hashtable-based technique used above (@{ n = ...; e = ... }, where n is short for Name and e for Expression) is called a calculated property, described in the conceptual about_Calculated_Properties help topic, across all cmdlets that support calculated properties.