I want to check the PATH environment variable in PowerShell
I've tried
Get-ChildItem env:path
I want to get the complete path, but get only a very small part of it. How much I get depends on the width of the PowerShell window, e.g.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Progra...
If want to see the full path, one method is to use echo:
echo $env:path
:\>$env:path
$env:path is somehow to superior to just typing path. Why any developers want to type more characters to be productive is beyond my comprehension.If its just a display issue, you can pipe it to the Format-List cmdlet:
get-childitem env:path | Format-List *
If it's just a display issue you can also use Select-Object
Get-ChildItem Env:\Path | Select-Object *
or get the property directly
(Get-ChildItem Env:\Path).Value
Running $env:PATH also works and will print the whole string value in case you don't need other properties, but if you want to print items in their own lines you can use
$env:Path -split ';'
or $env:Path -replace ';', "`n"
Some other alternatives being $env:PATH.Split(';') and $env:PATH.Replace(';', "`n")
I know this question is asking for Powershell, but some people may also want to know what it is for a command window. In that case, it's simply path.
A search didn't find anything asking about this for a command prompt.
$env:Path -replace ';', "`n"$env:Pathalone will expand the list so you can read it all. However, the replacement with CrLf is very nice.