Private/Get-ParentOUPath.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Extracts the parent OU path from a distinguished name. .DESCRIPTION This function extracts the parent OU path from a distinguished name. The parent OU path is the path to the immediate parent OU of the object. The function returns the parent OU path as a string. .PARAMETER DistinguishedName The distinguished name of the object. .EXAMPLE Get-ParentOUPath -DistinguishedName "CN=John Doe,OU=Users,OU=Marketing,OU=New York,DC=contoso,DC=com" Returns: "Users/Marketing/New York" #> function Get-ParentOUPath { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$DistinguishedName ) # Extract all OU parts from the DN $OUParts = ($DistinguishedName -split ',') | Where-Object { $_ -like 'OU=*' } if ($OUParts.Count -gt 0) { # Remove the 'OU=' prefix from each part $OUNames = $OUParts | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace 'OU=', '' } # Join the OU names to form the path return $OUNames -join '/' } else { # No OU parts found return $null } } |