Test-Path returns $true for ' ' on Windows #5717
Description
Steps to reproduce
Test-Path ' 'Expected behavior
NB: Because the .Net Core method Directory.Exists states in the docs here that trailing whitespaces are removed, the expectation of the last 2 spaces is true.
False
Actual behavior
On Windows:
True
On Linux (Ubuntu 17 or WSL):
False
Environment data
Reproes on the latest daily build of PowerShell Core (December 19, 2017) and Windows PowerShell 5.1
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
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PSVersion 6.1.0-preview.519
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.1.0-preview.519
OS Microsoft Windows 6.3.9600
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Ubuntu 17 VM
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-rc.2
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.0.0-rc.2
OS Linux 4.10.0-42-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 4 14:38:01 UTC 2017
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
The WSL Linux system
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-rc.2
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.0.0-rc.2
OS Linux 4.4.0-43-Microsoft #1-Microsoft Wed Dec 31 14:42:53 PST 2014
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0