environment variables - Equivalent of "cd %programfiles%" in PowerShell?

Question

In traditional cmd, we can use cd %programfiles% to switch directory, usually C:Program Files.

In PowerShell, how can we go to a directory by a environment variable?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20138054/equivalent-of-cd-programfiles-in-powershell

Answer 1

The principle is:

$Env:variablename

So you might try:

cd $Env:Programfiles

or to temporarily switch working directory to %Programfiles%MyApp:

Push-Location -Path "$Env:ProgramfilesMyApp"
#
# command execution here
#
Pop-Location

To list all environment variables you could do:

Get-ChildItem Env:

or use the convenient alias:

ls env: