My PowerShell script file is located in C:/this-folder/that-folder/another-folder/powershell-file.ps1.

How do I get a variable that returns C:/this-folder/that-folder/another-folder/?

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Try this command in your script:

Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
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In PowerShell 3.0 you can get it with the new $PSScriptRoot variable, and with $PSCommandPath you can get the full script path.

There's also a great post by MVP Keith hill you may want to check: Determining $ScriptDir Safely

You can use a standard .NET method:

$dirName = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName("c:\temp\abc\myproj1\newdata.txt")

From PowerShell: Get parent directory name from file or directory path.

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I'm assuming you want to know what folder your script is running in when it's being run.

This should do it:

Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
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