PowerShell

Installation

Install from Microsoft Store

1. Open Microsoft Store
2. Search for "PowerShell"
3. Select "PowerShell" published by Microsoft
4. Click "Install"

Install using winget

winget install Microsoft.PowerShell

Install manually

1. Visit the PowerShell releases page
2. Download the latest stable release for Windows (e.g., PowerShell-7.x.x-win-x64.msi)
3. Run the installer

PSReadLine Configuration

PSReadLine provides a powerful command-line editing experience in PowerShell. Add these configurations to your PowerShell profile ($PROFILE):

# Enable history search with arrow keys
Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key UpArrow -Function HistorySearchBackward
Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key DownArrow -Function HistorySearchForward

# Move cursor to end when searching through history
Set-PSReadLineOption -HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd

# Add Ctrl+D to exit (similar to bash)
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key ctrl+d -Function ViExit

Utility Functions

Add these useful utility functions to your PowerShell profile:

# Edit PowerShell command history in VS Code
function Edit-History { 
    code (Get-PSReadLineOption).HistorySavePath 
}

# Edit PowerShell profile in VS Code
function Edit-Profile { 
    code $PROFILE 
}

# Set UTF-8 encoding for output
function Set-UTF8 { $OutputEncoding = [Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::UTF8 }

# Set proxy environment variable
function Set-Proxy {
    param (
        [string]$proxy
    )
    if ($proxy -match "^\d{4,5}$") {
        $proxy = "http://127.0.0.1:$proxy"
        $env:HTTP_PROXY = $proxy
        $env:HTTPS_PROXY = $proxy
        $env:ALL_PROXY = $proxy
        Write-Host "Proxy is set to $proxy"
    } else {
        $env:HTTP_PROXY = $null
        $env:HTTPS_PROXY = $null
        $env:ALL_PROXY = $null
        Write-Host "Proxy is off"
    }
}

Useful Links

PSCompletions

A completion manager for a better and simpler tab-completion experience in PowerShell.