Powershell - Split-Path to cut a path
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The Split-path command is used to split a path from a provider.
The existence of the path is not checked by default, to do this use the -resolve or Test-Path
argument. As a reminder -LiteralPath does not take into account wildcards *? [abc]…
# Show parent, argument -parent (default)Split-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe'Split-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe' -ParentSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts' -ParentSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts' -ParentSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32'Split-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32' -Parent# Several paths can be returnedSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe','C:\Windows\System32'
# Keep only the drive nameSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32' -QualifierSplit-Path -path HKCU:\Software -Qualifier
# Keep only the path without the drive nameSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32' -NoQualifierSplit-Path -path HKCU:\Software -NoQualifier
# Display the name of the elementSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts' -LeafSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32' -LeafSplit-Path -path HKCU:\Software -Leaf
# Check if this is an absolute pathSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts' -IsAbsoluteSplit-Path -path . -IsAbsolute
# Check if this path existsSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32drivers\etc\hosts' -Resolve -Leaf
# It is possible to check the existence of several elements# Creation of a file in the current path5..15 | Set-Content {'file{0}.txt' -f $_ } -WhatIf# Without the -resolve the result is inconclusiveSplit-Path -path .\fichier*.txt -LeafSplit-Path -path .\fichier*.txt -Leaf -ResolveSplit-Path -path .\fichier1?.txt -Leaf -ResolveSplit-Path -path C:\[wu]* -Leaf -Resolve
# Powershell 6 minimum# Show extension onlySplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe' -Extension# Show only the name without the extensionSplit-Path -path 'C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe' -LeafBaseRelated links
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