echo output is unexpected

Question

I am trying to print path using echo on PowerShell, but the output is %Path%.

PS C:\> echo %Path%
%Path%

Could you tell me how to go about this?

possible duplicate of [Echo %path% on separate lines?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5114985/echo-path-on-separate-lines) — xXhRQ8sD2L7Z, Dec 02 '14 at 21:32

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '14 at 20:54

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In PowerShell environment variables are expanded via the env scope:

PS C:\> $env:Path
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;...

%xxx% variables are a CMD thing.

answered Dec 02 '14 at 20:54

Ansgar Wiechers

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '14 at 20:56

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%Path% is a commandline variable, which is not supported in PowerShell. You'd need to use the appropriate environment variable:

echo $env:Path

answered Dec 02 '14 at 20:56

KevinD

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