Get-PSSessionInfo
SYNOPSIS
Get details about the current PowerShell session
SYNTAX
Get-PSSessionInfo [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
This command will provide a snapshot of the current PowerShell session. The Runtime and Memory properties are defined by script so if you save the result to a variable, you will get current values everytime you look at the variable.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
PS C:\> Get-PSSessionInfo
ProcessID : 1112
Command : "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -noprofile
Host : ConsoleHost
Started : 4/9/2021 9:36:13 AM
PSVersion : 7.1.3
Elevated : True
Parent : System.Diagnostics.Process (WindowsTerminal)
Runtime : 00:31:26.2716486
MemoryMB : 129
The Memory value is in MB. If running in a PowerShell console session, the Elevated value will be displayed in color.
Example 2
PS /home> Get-PSSessionInfo
ProcessID : 71
Command : pwsh
Host : ConsoleHost
Started : 04/09/2021 09:38:55
PSVersion : 7.1.3
Elevated : False
Parent : System.Diagnostics.Process (bash)
Runtime : 00:30:07.1669248
MemoryMB : 133
The result from a Linux host.
PARAMETERS
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
INPUTS
None
OUTPUTS
PSSessionInfo
NOTES
This command has an alias of gsin.
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