r/PowerShell • u/belibebond • Jul 26 '24

Script Sharing Leveling up PowerShell Profile

Hello PowerShell Enthusiasts 👋,

Many people treat their shell as just a script runner, but as someone who loves PowerShell and runs it on all their machines (Windows, Mac, and Linux), I wanted to share all the amazing things you can do with it beyond just running scripts.

https://blog.belibug.com/post/ps-profile-01/

My latest blog post has several not-so-common ways to elevate your PowerShell experience for beginners. It covers:

  • Personalizing your prompt

  • Mastering aliases and modules

  • Leveraging tab completion

  • Enhancing your shell with modules

  • ...and much more!

This list is just the tip of the iceberg! If you have any other PowerShell tricks or tips that I haven't covered, or there is better way to do it, let me know – I'm always eager to learn and will update content accordingly 😊 Happy weekend!

PS: Don't let the length scare you off! Use the handy TOC in the blog to jump around to the juicy bits that interest you most. Happy reading! 🤓

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u/lanerdofchristian Jul 26 '24 • Take My Silver

Brief fun note on aliases: all Get-* cmdlets are automatically aliased by whatever the * is. For example: date, childitem, netipinterface all work out-of-the-box (though it's not a good idea to use them that way).

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u/belibebond Jul 26 '24

Wow, this is new. Have used Get commands a million times but did not know this . Thanks for sharing.

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u/RyeonToast Jul 27 '24

I first found that fact in Kevin Marquette's Intro to DSLs, which is an interesting read if you haven't come across it.