Determine installed PowerShell version

Question

How can I determine what version of PowerShell is installed on a computer, and indeed if it is installed at all?

Answer 1

You can directly check the version with one line only by invoking PowerShell externally, such as from Command Prompt

powershell -Command "$PSVersionTable.PSVersion"

According to @psaul you can actually have one command that is agnostic from where it came (CMD, PowerShell or Pwsh). Thank you for that.

powershell -command "(Get-Variable PSVersionTable -ValueOnly).PSVersion"

I've tested and it worked flawlessly on both CMD and PowerShell.