How do I get a path with the correct (canonical) case in PowerShell?

Question

I have a script that accepts a directory as an argument from the user. I\'d like to display the name of the directory path as it is displayed in Windows. I.e.,

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Answer 1

I found a different and simpler approach using PowerShell wild cards.

 $canonicalCasePath = Get-ChildItem -Path $wrongCasingPath.Replace("\","\*") | Where FullName -IEQ $wrongCasingPath | Select -ExpandProperty FullName

• The first part of the pipe replaces all backslashes in the path by backslash and asterisk \ → \* and return all matching files
• The where part makes sure that only the desired file is returned and not any other potential match. IEQ is case insesitive equal
• The last select part extracts canonical case path of the file