Path

Resolve Path

• -Path(0, pv): expand path containing special characters like ~ or UNC(Universal Naming Convention) path and some other special paths

  Resolve-Path '~/*' # returns all PathInfo of children under `~`
  Resolve-Path ~ # returns expanded path as PathInfo of `~`

• -Relative(switch): get all relative paths from current path or specified location of items to be listed

  Resolve-Path '~/*' -Relative # list all relative string of children under ~ relative to current location

• -RelativeBasePath: get all relative paths from specified location of items to be listed

  Resolve-Path '~/*' -RelativeBasePath ~ -Relative # list all children of ~ relative to ~ itself

Part of Path

• -Path(0, pv): get parent path as string

  Split-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()) # C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp

• -Parent(!, switch): optional, the default flag for Split-Path, returns the parent container of -Path
• -Leaf(switch): get base name of a path

  Split-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()) -Leaf # tmpfigvir.tmp

• -LeafBase(switch): get base name without extension

  Split-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()) -LeafBase # tmpfigvir

• -Extension(switch): get extension

  Split-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()) -Extension # .tmp

• -Qualifier(switch): get drive prefix of the path, not available on non-Windows platform

  Split-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()) -Qualifier # C:

• -NoQualifier(switch): exclude the drive prefix of the path, not available on non-Windows platform

  Split-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()) -NoQualifier # \Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpoo33lr.tmp

• -IsAbsolute(switch): telling whether the path is absolute
• -Resolve(switch): handles relative or wildcard path for -Path

  Split-Path ~/* -Resolve # all parents of children under ~, which are all the same as `Resolve-Path ~`

Path Validation

• -Path(0, pv): telling whether the path exists, can be relative

  Test-Path '~/.vimrc'
  Test-Path '../.gitignore'

• -Filter: common filter

  Test-Path '~/*rc'

• -IsValid(switch): telling whether the provided path has correct syntax

  Test-Path 'foo/bar' # False
  Test-Path 'foo/bar' -IsValid # True

• -Exclude & -Include: telling whether any/no path matches the specified pattern

  Test-Path '~/*' -Exclude *rc # is there any file exists besides rc files?

• -PathType: telling whether the path is a leaf or a container(leaf is the child of a container)

  Test-Path '~/.vimrc' -PathType Leaf # True, it is a file indeed

  NOTE

  The meaning of Leaf is not the same as Leaf in Split-Path, Leaf can be any kind of child of a container in Split-Path.

• -NewerThan & -OlderThan: telling whether the path was created before/after a date(can be date string)

  Test-Path ~/.vimrc -NewerThan "2012.6.12"

Join Path

• -Path(0) & -ChildPath(1): join one or more parents with single child

  Join-Path C:, D: foo
  # C:\foo
  # D:\foo

• -AdditionalChildPath(remain): accepts unlimited count of child paths

  Join-Path -Path foo -ChildPath foo -AdditionalChildPath foo, foo, foo # this is how it work formally
  Join-Path foo foo foo foo foo # this is how you could use it in daily life
  # foo\foo\foo\foo\foo

• -Resolve(switch): resolve( and validate) the path and join them, supports wildcard to join multiple matches at one time

  Join-Path ~/Projects nix-config -Resolve # C:\Users\username\Projects\nix-config
  Join-Path ~/Projects .git -Resolve # C:\Users\username\Projects\.git does not exist
  Join-Path ~/Projects * -Resolve # equvalent to `Resolve-Path ~/Projects/* | % Path`