Convert a path from a Windows PowerShell path to a Windows PowerShell provider path.
Syntax
Convert-Path [-path] string[] [-UseTransaction] [CommonParameters]
Convert-Path [-literalPath] string[] [-UseTransaction] [CommonParameters]
key
-Path path The path to be converted
-literalPath string
The path to be converted. The value of -LiteralPath is used exactly
as typed. No characters are interpreted as wildcards.
If the path includes escape characters, enclose them in single quotes.
-UseTransaction
Include the command in the active transaction.
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
-OutBuffer -OutVariable.
Standard Aliases for Convert-Path: cvpa
Examples
Expand the current working directory, which is represented by a dot:
PS C:\> convert-path .
C:\Demo\work
Expand the current users home directory and convert to upper case:
PS C:\> (convert-path ~).toUpper()
C:\USERS\ALICE
Convert a PowerShell provider path to a standard registry path:
PS C:\> convert-path HKLM:\software\microsoft
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT
"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me" ~ Steve Jobs
Related PowerShell Cmdlets:
join-path - Combine a path and child-path.
resolve-path - Resolves the wildcards in a path.
split-path - Return part of a path.
test-path - Return true if the path exists, otherwise return false.
get-help about_namespace.