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The documentation makes PowerShell appear to be very verbose, and it can be. But when using it in the shell, you can be incredibly terse.

Jeff Hicks

@jdhitsolutions.com

My command be even shorter by minimizing white space: ps|? ws -gt 5mb|sort ws|select -f 5

$ jdx --help

@jdx.dev

That is fair enough, I just wish they used syntax like this more often in the docs!

Ryan

@blog.kilasuit.org

Reasons not to are for localisation and discoverability in searches etc However, that said, there's nothing stopping adding additional examples showing alias use. But let me have a think as I know there'll be other possibilities on how to improve this in future

gist.github.comPowerShell profile script that all instances referencePowerShell profile script that all instances reference - Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

OTB #PowerShell can be clunky. Our PROFILE has a pretty wild assortment of aliases (some of which are OS-dependent) and leverages fuzzy find (fzf), PSReadLine and z - all with oh-my-posh and bat - cat "with wings" that highlights auto-magically. It's pretty great. gist.github.com/hhaynes-rowe...

hanselman.comMy Ultimate PowerShell prompt with Oh My Posh and the Windows TerminalI've long blogged about my love of setting up a nice terminal, getting the ...

This is based off of @scott.hanselman.com 's original treatise on the subject www.hanselman.com/blog/my-ulti...

My fave bit is the use of nerd fonts, Terminal-Icons and inline highlighting using 'bat' (or 'batcat' by alias)

gist.github.comSample webhook and build/deploy script for .NET back end serverSample webhook and build/deploy script for .NET back end server - Update-and-BuildProject.ps1

And if you want to go really "down the rabbit hole" here's a PS script using HttpListener that operates as a webhook listener that rebuilds and re-deploys the front and back end of a site. gist.github.com/houstonhayne...

James Brundage | MVP

@mrpowershell.com

I hear ya. That's why I'm alias happy. Also, it's not just a shell, it's a programming language. ( Hence some of the conflict between terseness and being explicit )

Fred

@psfred.bsky.social

Some tricks then :) For all Get-* commands you can skip the Get- part. For all parameters, you only need to type until there is but a single option. Aliases rule: Set-Alias c Get-Command Everything you put in $profile is run when you open the shell (including your alias definitions)

James Brundage | MVP

@mrpowershell.com

Great list of ways to shorten the shell experience!

Fred

@psfred.bsky.social