PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Grandparent of Path

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to easily find the grandparent of a path.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I use Windows PowerShell to find a directory that is two levels up in a nested path?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the Split-Path cmdlet and pipe the results to Split-Path. In the following example,
          the path to a Windows PowerShell module is split, and then the parent of that path is split again:

(get-module -l)[0].Path | split-path -Parent | Split-Path -Parent

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