powershell - extract file name and extension

Question

I need to extract file name and extension from e.g. my.file.xlsx. I don\'t know the name of file or extension and there may be more dots in the name, so I need to search the

Answer 1

This is an adaptation, if anyone is curious. I needed to test whether RoboCopy successfully copied one file to multiple servers for its integrity:

   $Comp = get-content c:\myfile.txt

ForEach ($PC in $Comp) {
    dir "\\$PC\Folder\Share\*.*" | Select-Object $_.BaseName
}

Nice and simple, and it shows the directory and the file inside it. If you want to specify one file name or extension, just replace the *'s with whatever you want.

    Directory: \\SERVER\Folder\Share

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name                                                                                                                                             
----                -------------     ------ ----                                                                                                                                             
-a---         2/27/2015   5:33 PM    1458935 Test.pptx                                                                                                             

Answer 2

Check the BaseName and Extension properties of the FileInfo object.

Answer 3

PS C:\Users\joshua> $file = New-Object System.IO.FileInfo('file.type')
PS C:\Users\joshua> $file.BaseName, $file.Extension
file
.type