Removing String from Powershell variable

Question

I am trying to return simply the active username to use later in a script, however I am currently hung up on having my variable populate only the username, excluding the domain.

Function Get-Username() {
$username = Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | select username

return $username
}


Function Delimit-Username() {
$newUserName = $username -replace 'DOMAIN\',''

Write-Host $newUserName
}

Get-Username
Delimit-Username

$Domain,$User = (Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem).UserName.Split('\') — user6811411
– user6811411, Commented Aug 13, 2018 at 20:15

vrdse · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-13 19:48:32Z

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The domain is delimited from the user by a \, hence you can use the -split operator and access the second element to get the username without the domain.

('DOMAIN\User' -split '\\')[1]

You can also access the environment variable username ($env:username)

answered Aug 13, 2018 at 19:48

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lit · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-13 23:44:49Z

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The USERNAME is also in the environment.

$Env:USERNAME

answered Aug 13, 2018 at 23:44

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