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KyferEz
KyferEz

Reputation: 397

Powershell concatenate an Environment variable with path

So I have this code:

$userprofile=Get-ChildItem Env:USERPROFILE
$localpath="$userprofile\some\path"

I would expect output of the below from $localpath:

c:\users\username\some\path

However what I get is:

System.Collections.DictionaryEntry\some\path

So, of course, something like cd $localpath fails. How would I accomplish what I need?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 30539

Answers (2)

Daap
Daap

Reputation: 365

Late to the party and apart from whether the example is a good way of getting an environment variable, the actual answer to the question is this:

$userprofile = Get-ChildItem Env:USERPROFILE
$localpath="$($userprofile.Value)\some\path"

This might be functionality of newer versions of Powershell since the original question though.

Upvotes: 0

John K
John K

Reputation: 681

A convenient way to obtain the string value rather than the dictionary entry (which is technically what Get-ChildItem is accessing) is to just use the variable syntax: $Env:USERPROFILE rather than Get-ChildItem Env:USERPROFILE.

$localpath = "$env:USERPROFILE\some\path"

For more information:

PowerShell Environment Provider

about_Environment_Variables

Also, the Join-Path cmdlet is a good way to combine two parts of a path.

$localpath = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE 'some\path'

Upvotes: 29

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