The cmdlet Split-Path can be useful to split volumes, folder and file path names. In this blog posts I will give you some examples you can build on. Have fun reading the code samples to learn more about the power of Split-Path.
Code Samples
Please refer to the following code sample and its comments.
# Split Paths
# Show file path
Split-Path $home\documents\test.txt -Parent
# Show last element
Split-Path $home\documents\text.txt -Leaf
Split-Path $home\documents -Leaf
# Show Drive Letter
Split-Path $home\documents\text.txt -Qualifier
# Path without Drive Letter
Split-Path $home\documents\text.txt -NoQualifier
# Resolve Name (Show full path)
Split-Path $home\documents -Resolve
# Show Sub-Folder (dir3)
Split-Path (Split-Path c:\dir1\dir2\dir3\file.txt -Parent) -Leaf
# Show Sub-Folder (dir2)
Split-Path c:\dir1\dir2\dir3\file.txt -Parent |
# Show Sub-Folder (dir2)
Split-Path c:\dir1\dir2\dir3\file.txt -Parent | Split-Path -Leaf
# Or ...
('c:\dir1\dir2\dir3\file.txt' -split '\\')[2]
# Displays all word documents file names
Set-Location C:\
Split-Path -Path .\temp\*.docx -Resolve -Leaf
# Is this an absolute path ?
Split-Path $home\documents\text.txt -IsAbsolute
Split-Path .\Windows -IsAbsolute
# Combination 😉
(Split-Path C:\Windows\system32) + '\'
+ (Split-Path $home\documents\test.txt -Leaf)
Hope this article was helpful!
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