How do I negate a condition in PowerShell?

Question

How do I negate a conditional test in PowerShell?

For example, if I want to check for the directory C:\\Code, I can run:

if (Test-Path C:\\Code){
  w         


        

Answer 1

if you don't like the double brackets or you don't want to write a function, you can just use a variable.

$path = Test-Path C:\Code
if (!$path) {
    write "it doesn't exist!"
}