{"id":1233,"date":"2014-06-07T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2014\/06\/07\/powertip-use-powershell-to-display-windows-path\/"},"modified":"2014-06-07T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-use-powershell-to-display-windows-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-use-powershell-to-display-windows-path\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display Windows Path"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/b>: Learn to use Windows PowerShell to display your Windows path.<\/p>\n

\"Hey, How can I use Windows PowerShell to inspect my Windows path to see what folders are there and in what order they appear?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Use the $env<\/b> PS Drive and retrieve the value of the Path<\/b> variable. By default, it displays as a continuous string,
          and it can be a bit difficult to read. Here is the command:<\/p>\n

$env:path<\/p>\n

But if you use the –split<\/b> operator to break the strings at the semicolon, it is more readable:<\/p>\n

$env:path -split ";"<\/p>\n

\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Learn to use Windows PowerShell to display your Windows path.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to inspect my Windows path to see what folders are there and in what order they appear?  Use the $env PS Drive and retrieve the value of the Path variable. By default, it displays as a continuous string,         […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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