Get "parent folder + file name" from a Select-String output

Question

I'm writing a simple script to list all the files recursively within a folder "fullscreen" containing the word 'plugin'. Because the path is too long, and unnecessary, I decided to get the jut the FileName. The problem is that all the files are called "index.xml" so it would be very helpful get: "containing folder + file name". So the output would look something like this: ``` on\index.xml off\index.xml ``` Instead of: ``` C:	his\is\a\very\long\path\fullscreen\on\index.xml C:	his\is\a\very\long\path\fullscreen\off\index.xml ``` This is what I have: ``` dir .\fullscreen | sls plugin | foreach { write-host $($_).path } ``` I am getting this error: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.

Accepted Answer

You're close: :-)

```
dir .\fullscreen | sls plugin | foreach { write-host $_.path }
```

This would have also worked:

```
dir .\fullscreen | sls plugin | foreach { write-host "$($_.path)" }
```

BTW I would generally avoid `Write-Host` unless you're really just displaying info only for someone to see who is sitting at the console. If you later wanted to capture this output to a variable, it wouldn't work as-is:

```
$files = dir .\fullscreen | sls plugin | foreach { write-host $_.path } # doesn't work
```

Most of the time you can achieve the same output and enable capture to a variable by just using the standard output stream e.g.:

```
dir .\fullscreen | sls plugin | foreach { $_.path }
```

And if you are on PowerShell v3 you can simplify to:

```
dir .\fullscreen | sls plugin | % Path
```

Update: to get just the containing folder name, do this:

```
dir .\fullscreen | sls plugin | % {"$(split-path (split-path $_ -parent) -leaf)\$($_.Filename)"}
```

Get "parent folder + file name" from a Select-String output

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