Improving the usability of Powershell on the command line with PSReadLine
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The PSReadLine PowerShell module replaces the command line experience for Powershell 3 and above. It provides the following: - Syntax highlighting - Syntax error notification - Multiline editing - Customisation of keyboard shortcuts - Windows, Emacs or Vi mode - Completion - Predictive completion - History
https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine
Prediction is enabled by default in PSReadLine 2.2.6.
Syntaxes used in the video
# Windows PowerShell installation.powershell -noprofile -command "Install-Module PSReadLine -Force -SkipPublisherCheck"
# Installation under PowerShell Core/7pwsh.exe -noprofile -command "Install-Module PSReadLine -Force -SkipPublisherCheck -AllowPrerelease"
# You can create a profile file to customise and configure the modulenotepad $profile
## You can add the following information:# Load the moduleImport PSReadLine module
# Navigable menu when using TABSet-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key Tab -Function MenuComplete
# Enable prediction based on historySet-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
# Configure the prediction view as a listSet-PSReadLineOption -PredictionViewStyle ListView
# Use Windows editing modeSet-PSReadLineOption -EditMode Windows
## Save and run Powershell to test# Show all keyboard shortcutsGet-PSReadlineKeyHandlerVideo : Improving the usability of Powershell on the command line with PSReadLine
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