21.5. Summary
The values of environment variables are exposed in the env: drive by the Windows PowerShell Environment provider.
To retrieve the value of environment variables, you can use the get-childitem cmdlet or use the variable syntax of the form $env:variableName.
To change the value of an environment variable for the duration of a PowerShell session, use the appropriate Windows PowerShell assignment operator.
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