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PowerShell cmdLet get-variable

get-variable varName returns a System.Management.Automation.PSVariable object:

PS C:\> $x = 42
PS C:\> (get-variable x).GetType().FullName
System.Management.Automation.PSVariable

Getting a variable's description

The PSVariable has a Description property which allows to describe some of the predefined PowerShell variables:

PS C:\> (get-variable PID).description
Current process ID

PS C:\> (get-variable informationPreference).description
Dictates the action taken when a command generates an item in the Information stream

Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 8 attempt to write a readonly database in /home/httpd/vhosts/renenyffenegger.ch/php/web-request-database.php:78 Stack trace: #0 /home/httpd/vhosts/renenyffenegger.ch/php/web-request-database.php(78): PDOStatement->execute(Array) #1 /home/httpd/vhosts/renenyffenegger.ch/php/web-request-database.php(30): insert_webrequest_('/notes/Windows/...', 1758201039, '216.73.216.150', 'Mozilla/5.0 App...', NULL) #2 /home/httpd/vhosts/renenyffenegger.ch/httpsdocs/notes/Windows/PowerShell/command-inventory/noun/variable/get(49): insert_webrequest() #3 {main} thrown in /home/httpd/vhosts/renenyffenegger.ch/php/web-request-database.php on line 78

PowerShell cmdLet get-variable

Getting a variable's description

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