How to find the Windows version from the PowerShell command line

Question

How do I find which Windows version I\'m using?

I\'m using PowerShell 2.0 and tried:

PS C:\\> ver
The term \'ver\' is not recognized as the name o         


        

Answer 1

[solved]

#copy all the code below:
#save file as .ps1 run and see the magic

 Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem | ForEach-Object -MemberName Caption
 (Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).version


#-------------comment-------------#
#-----finding windows version-----#

$version= (Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).version
$length= $version.Length
$index= $version.IndexOf(".")
[int]$windows= $version.Remove($index,$length-2)  
$windows
#-----------end------------------#
#-----------comment-----------------#