PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Get Computer Name

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  Aneela Yekula March 19, 2019 12:16 am 0

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  Can anyone help me out,im not getting Computername through $env:COMPUTERNAME command…its returning as ‘COMPUTENAME’  not my computername

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    Bharath Radhekrishna April 7, 2019 10:39 pm 0

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    $env:computername | Select-Object

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  Aneela Yekula March 19, 2019 12:16 am 0

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  Can anyone help me out,im not getting Computername through $env:COMPUTERNAME command…its returning as ‘COMPUTERNAME’  not my computername

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    p m May 8, 2019 8:00 am 0

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    Type “$env:computername” (without the quotes) at the PowerShell prompt, and it will return the computer name — it should work, whether or not “computername” is capitalized.
    You can also try:$(Get-WmiObject Win32_Computersystem).name

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  Callan Browne April 11, 2020 6:28 pm 0

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  Hi,
  this doesn’t seem to work with Powershell core on my MacBook, is there a new way in powershell core?
  thanks,

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    Michal Zindulka April 22, 2020 10:32 am 0

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    The ComputerName is not defined in any variable on PowerShell core running on macOS, as far as I know. You can use the following alternative on MacBook:

    Invoke-Expression -Command 'hostname'

    or shorter:

    iex hostname