Windows is a vast Operating System with many features and built-in components that coordinates its processes and information.

Use these quick steps to print environment variables in PowerShell

  • Environment variables store data regarding the information used by the operating system and other programs.You can access the environment variables with PowerShell in any supported operating system platform.There are numerous syntaxes and commands for printing all environment variables in PowerShell.

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These processes store the operating system’s information in the Environment Variables. Hence, we’ll take you through how to use PowerShell to print Environment Variables.

What is an environment variable?

Environment variables store information about the operating system’s and other programs’ data. It contains information about the operating system path and location of the Windows installation files. Also, it stores details of processes used by the operating system and other programs.

Furthermore, environment variables are usually stored in strings and can’t be empty. Likewise, environmental variables, unlike other variables, can be inherited by child processes. Hence, they store values essential and needed in both parent and child processes.

However, PowerShell in any of the supported operating system platforms can access, manage and change environment variables. Also, the environment provider in Windows PowerShell allows you to get, clear, change, add, clear, and delete environment variables in the current console.

How do I print all environment variables in PowerShell?

1. Use ls env

  • Left-click the Start button, type PowerShell, and click Run as administrator.
  • Click Yes on the User Account Control prompt.
  • Copy and paste the following line and press Enter: ls env:

The above command in PowerShell will print all environment variables on the console with their name and values sorted by the name field.

2. Use GetChildItem Env

  • Left-click the Start button, type PowerShell, and click Run as administrator.
  • Select Yes on the User Account Control prompt.
  • Copy and paste the following lines and press Enter: Get-ChildItem Env: | Sort Name

The above command in PowerShell will print all environment variables.

3. Print all environment variables values to file

  • Left-click the Start button, type PowerShell, and click Run as administrator.
  • Click Yes on the User Account Control prompt.
  • Copy and paste the following lines and press Enter: gci env: | sort-object name| Export-Csv -Path D:\env_variables.txt -NoTypeInformation
  • Then use the Export-Csv command line to print all environment variables to the file. Copy and paste the following Export-Csv syntax and press Enter: Export-Csv      -InputObject       [[-Path] ]      [-LiteralPath ]      [-Force]      [-NoClobber]      [-Encoding ]      [-Append]      [[-Delimiter] ]      [-IncludeTypeInformation]      [-NoTypeInformation]      [-QuoteFields <String[]>]      [-UseQuotes ]      [-WhatIf]      [-Confirm]      []

The above command in PowerShell gets all environment variables with their name and values sorted by the name field. Then, use the Export-CSV to convert the objects into a series of Character-Separated Value (CSV) strings. After, it prints all environment variables to a file.

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