Get PATH environment variable in PowerShell

Question

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...

Cacuminal

$env:Path -replace ';', "`n" – Corpsman

$env:Path alone will expand the list so you can read it all. However, the replacement with CrLf is very nice. – Aerostation

Please consider selecting one of the answers as the solution to your question. – Iodide

Answer 1

If want to see the full path, one method is to use echo:

echo $env:path

Rejoinder

actually, there is no need for echo, you can just use :\>$env:path – Aerostation

Answer 2

If its just a display issue, you can pipe it to the Format-List cmdlet:

get-childitem env:path | Format-List *

Skewer

Answer 3

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")

Nippers