Equivalent of *Nix 'which' command in PowerShell?

Question

How do I ask PowerShell where something is?

For instance, \"which notepad\" and it returns the directory where the notepad.exe is run from according to the current

Answer 1

Use:

function Which([string] $cmd) {
  $path = (($Env:Path).Split(";") | Select -uniq | Where { $_.Length } | Where { Test-Path $_ } | Get-ChildItem -filter $cmd).FullName
  if ($path) { $path.ToString() }
}

# Check if Chocolatey is installed
if (Which('cinst.bat')) {
  Write-Host "yes"
} else {
  Write-Host "no"
}

Or this version, calling the original where command.

This version also works better, because it is not limited to bat files:

function which([string] $cmd) {
  $where = iex $(Join-Path $env:SystemRoot "System32\where.exe $cmd 2>&1")
  $first = $($where -split '[\r\n]')
  if ($first.getType().BaseType.Name -eq 'Array') {
    $first = $first[0]
  }
  if (Test-Path $first) {
    $first
  }
}

# Check if Curl is installed
if (which('curl')) {
  echo 'yes'
} else {
  echo 'no'
}