Public/Get-EnvPath.ps1
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function Get-EnvPath { <# .SYNOPSIS Retrieves the directories listed in the PATH environment variable. .DESCRIPTION The Get-EnvPath function lists all directories specified in the PATH environment variable for a specified scope: either the current user or the machine. .PARAMETER VariableTarget Specifies the scope of the environment variable. Acceptable values are 'Machine' and 'User'. The default is 'Machine'. .EXAMPLE Get-EnvPath Lists all directories in the PATH environment variable for the machine. .EXAMPLE Get-EnvPath -VariableTarget User Lists all directories in the PATH environment variable for the current user. .OUTPUTS System.String[] Each line of output represents a directory in the PATH environment variable. #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter()] [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]$VariableTarget = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine ) $SortedPath = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH', $VariableTarget). Split(';'). TrimEnd('\') | Sort-Object $SortedPath } |