powershell

Powershell

The profile folder may not always be available on new computer, make it first

mkdir -Force ($profile | split-path)

Add these lines into PowerShell profile

Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key ctrl+d -Function ViExit
Set-Alias -Name current_video "$HOME\scripts\rmdir.ps1"
Set-Alias kidm "$HOME\scripts\kidm.ps1"
Set-Alias curl curl.exe -Option AllScope
 
function ll { Get-ChildItem -Force | Format-Table -AutoSize }
 
function rmrf($dir) { Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $dir }
 
function which($name) {
    Get-Command $name | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Definition
}
 
Import-Module 'gsudoModule'
Set-Alias sudo gsudo
 
Invoke-Expression (& { (zoxide init powershell --cmd cd | Out-String) })
Set-Alias z cd

• these will make terminal window exit on ctrl-d
• use the which command as if on Linux

Ensure the scripts folder are located at $HOME\scripts

• the scripts in these folder are quick scripts also used in task scheduler
• the folder contains the .ps1 files as well as .xml file which is used for importing tasks in the scheduler

The scripts in that folder can also be added in powershell alias

new-alias the-alias $env:USERPROFILE/scripts/thescript.ps1

Packages

Winget installation doesn’t work over SSH, use choco install

choco install fzf zoxide -y

Zoxide uses different init command for Powershell

Invoke-Expression (& { (zoxide init powershell --cmd cd | Out-String) })

Vim

The Windows version of Vim is gVim

winget install vim.vim

Additional steps is required to add Vim into system path

• must run with Admin

$CurrentPath=[System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
$updatedPath="$currentPath;C:\Program Files\Vim"
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $UpdatedPath, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)

Reload Path

Afterward, need to manually refresh the path so it’s available in the current session

$env:Path = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","Machine") + ";" + [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","User")