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Show the current provider location before running a command with a relative path.
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Returns the current location object. Provider locations may refer to something other than the filesystem.
Get-Location [-PSProvider <String[]>] [-PSDrive <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]No elevation is required for the in-memory examples. Filesystem operations require read or traversal access to the selected path.
PowerShell · 7.6; filesystem examples require the FileSystem provider
PowerShell 7.6 with Microsoft.PowerShell.Management. For file examples, replace the sample path with an accessible file or directory.
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Get-LocationReturns the current location object. Provider locations may refer to something other than the filesystem.
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