Powershell Series:How to get the Installed Powershell version ?

How to get the Installed Powershell version ?

There are different ways to get the powershell version.

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion 

This won't work in powershell 1.0. This command is introduced on powershell 2.0 .

Example:

PS C:\Users\muralidharand> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

This command results the below output.

Major  Minor  Build  Revision

-----  -----  -----  --------

2      0      -1     -1

Get-Host | Select-Object Version

Example:

PS C:\Users\muralidharand> Get-Host | Select-Object Version

This command results the below output.

Version

-------

2.0