Showing posts with label Powershell 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Powershell 3. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Can you use Powershell to find the environmental variable Path?

It is very easy to find path using the command line as shown:
C:\>Path

If you want to use Power Shell then you should first start PowerShell with the following command:
C:\>Powershell

If powershell is installed you should see the following change:
C:\> changes  to PS C:\>

When you are in PS C:\

type exactly as shown.
PS C:\> get-item env:
Then you should see all the environmental variables (directories) separated by a semi-colon;
A sample listing is shown here:




If you want to get a single environmental variable such as 'Path' for example
You can do this:
PS C:\> $x="Path"PS C:\> get-item env:$x
or
PS C:\> get-item env:"Path"
On this machine Windows 7 (x64) Ultimate, "Path", 'path', path all returned the 'PATH' variable.



If you want to know the version of your powershell, try this:


Have a look at this reference for PATH:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa922003.aspx