powershell & environment variables

Hello, i just tried around with wget.exe for windows.

i set a new environment variable like this:

name: wpath
value: D:\Downloads\wget\

So in cmd it works fine with:
wget -P %wpath% [file-url]

but in powershell it doesnt work. It creates a %wpath% folder in the current dir.

Any ideas why?
Thanks

 

See help about_variables in PowerShell. Hint: Use the $-sign, as in $wpath...

 

this one didnt work either:

wget -P $wpath [file-url]

 

Try using:

Code:

wget -P $env:wpath [file-url]

 

oh perfect, worked

thanks but is there any way to make it less "compliated/shorter" ?

@edit:

okay i found out, there is a way u can create a wget.ini and set the standart download direcoty.

but i got another question then:

i can use this command to put the outcome into a new file:

ipconfig | out-file "ipconfig.txt"

to set a path where to create it:

ipconfig | out-file C:\ipconfig.txt

now i want to set the path via a variable and it would be:

ipconfig | out-file $env:wpath ipconfig.txt

or smth similiar? but havent found which way it is yet

thanks

 

Can't you do:

$env:wpath\ipconfig.txt

or:

${env:wpath}\ipconfig.txt

Am I missing something?