Add --path option to --list that would show folder locations for distributions

[thadguidry]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Managing WSL distributions would be much easier if we had a quick command to list and show the disk paths (folder locations) for distributions.

Describe the solution you'd like
Command syntax:

--paths, -p
    Show folder locations for distributions

Example syntax:
wsl -l --paths
wsl -l -p

alternative syntax could be --folders, -f

Output:

  NAME : PATH
* Ubuntu:
    C:\Users\thadg\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\ext4.vhdx
  docker-desktop:
    \\?\F:\Docker\wsl\DockerDesktopWSL\main\ext4.vhdx
  docker-desktop-data:
    \\?\F:\Docker\wsl\DockerDesktopWSL\data\ext4.vhdx

Describe alternatives you've considered

always copy/pasting a very long PowerShell command that I found out about here in
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/disk-space#how-to-locate-the-vhdx-file-and-disk-path-for-your-linux-distribution

(Get-ChildItem -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss | Where-Object { $_.GetValue("DistributionName") -eq '<distribution-name>' }).GetValue("BasePath") + "\ext4.vhdx"

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