#!/bin/powershell <# .SYNTAX ./list-automatic-variables.ps1 .DESCRIPTION lists the automatic variables of PowerShell .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> function AddItem { param([string]$Variable, [string]$Content) New-Object PSObject -Property @{ 'Variable' = "$Variable"; 'Content' = "$Content" } } function ListAutomaticVariables { AddItem "`$args" "$args" AddItem "`$ConsoleFileName" "$ConsoleFileName" AddItem "`$Error[0]" "$($Error[0])" AddItem "`$Event" "$Event" AddItem "`$EventArgs" "$EventArgs" AddItem "`$EventSubscriber" "$EventSubscriber" AddItem "`$ExecutionContext" "$ExecutionContext" AddItem "`$false" "$false" AddItem "`$foreach" "$foreach" AddItem "`$HOME" "$HOME" AddItem "`$input" "$input" AddItem "`$IsCoreCLR" "$IsCoreCLR" AddItem "`$IsLinux" "$IsLinux" AddItem "`$IsMacOS" "$IsMacOS" AddItem "`$IsWindows" "$IsWindows" AddItem "`$LastExitCode" "$LastExitCode" AddItem "`$Matches" "$Matches" AddItem "`$MyInvocation.PSScriptRoot" "$($MyInvocation.PSScriptRoot)" AddItem "`$MyInvocation.PSCommandPath" "$($MyInvocation.PSCommandPath)" AddItem "`$NestedPromptLevel" "$NestedPromptLevel" AddItem "`$null" "$null" AddItem "`$PID" "$PID" AddItem "`$PROFILE" "$PROFILE" AddItem "`$PSBoundParameters" "$PSBoundParameters" AddItem "`$PSCmdlet" "$PSCmdlet" AddItem "`$PSCommandPath" "$PSCommandPath" AddItem "`$PSCulture" "$PSCulture" AddItem "`$PSDebugContext" "$PSDebugContext" AddItem "`$PSHOME" "$PSHOME" AddItem "`$PSItem" "$PSItem" AddItem "`$PSScriptRoot" "$PSScriptRoot" AddItem "`$PSSenderInfo" "$PSSenderInfo" AddItem "`$PSUICulture" "$PSUICulture" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.PSVersion" "$($PSVersionTable.PSVersion)" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.PSEdition" "$($PSVersionTable.PSEdition)" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.GitCommitId" "$($PSVersionTable.GitCommitId)" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.OS" "$($PSVersionTable.OS)" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.Platform" "$($PSVersionTable.Platform)" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.PSCompatibleVersions" "$($PSVersionTable.PSCompatibleVersions)" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.PSRemotingProtocolVersion" "$($PSVersionTable.PSRemotingProtocolVersion)" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.SerializationVersion" "$($PSVersionTable.SerializationVersion)" AddItem "`$PSVersionTable.WSManStackVersion" "$($PSVersionTable.WSManStackVersion)" AddItem "`$PWD" "$PWD" AddItem "`$Sender" "$Sender" AddItem "`$ShellId" "$ShellId" AddItem "`$StackTrace" "$StackTrace" AddItem "`$switch" "$switch" AddItem "`$this" "$this" AddItem "`$true" "$true" } try { $Vars = ListAutomaticVariables $Vars | format-table -property Variable,Content write-output "($($Vars.Count) automatic variables total)" exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }