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Mike's Powershell Profile (and how to set up Windows console if you've been using *nix for 20 years)

17 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 2 stories, 15 comments · first 2016-10-27 · latest 2020-04-23

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  1. …years, switched to pwsh as my main shell 4 years ago (on both Windows and macOS). Here's my notes: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/ Last few weeks I've been going back to bash, mainly to try out WSL/Ubuntu's defaults, but…
    comment by nailer · 2020-04-23 · in Two Months with Powershell on a Unix
  2. …used for a couple of years now. I have small reviews of about 8 of the Windows terminal apps at: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile
    comment by nailer · 2019-10-01 · in PuTTY 0.73
  3. Most of the time (though not always) the methods are the utilities. From https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/#how-does-... $results = @{} ls -recurse -filter "eslint-scope" | foreach { $file = "${PSItem}\package.json"…
    comment by nailer · 2019-06-05 · in Apple makes zsh default shell on macOS
  4. …unfixable bugs) - ConsoleZ - ConEmu # Not actually a terminal - Cmder More details, config files: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile#for-a-dece...
    comment by nailer · 2019-03-24 · in Fluent Terminal – Open-source, native Windows 10 tabbed terminal
  5. If you've made the move to powershell: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/
    comment by nailer · 2019-01-14 · in Ask HN: Best things in your bash_profile/aliases?
  6. I switched to Powershell/Windows after 20 years of bash/Linux and MacOS (see https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/ ) > WSL's backing filesystem (NTFS) completely runs like ass. Yep you're right, and I've asked Microsoft about…
    comment by nailer · 2018-12-07 · in From macOS to Windows and WSL
  7. …like functionality on Windows, Terminus destroys Hyper, ConEmu, Alaciritty and everything else. https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile
    comment by nailer · 2018-10-16 · in Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?
  8. …on Windows (cmder isn't a terminal, but it includes ConEmu which is). Most have major bugs - see https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/ for links to specific unresolved issues. The current most stable modern Windows Terminal is…
    comment by nailer · 2018-10-03 · in Microsoft now has the best hardware lineup in the industry
  9. …the Windows terminal, I wrote a guide to setting up the console and pwsh for maximum productivity: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/maste...
    comment by nailer · 2018-07-20 · in Inside the Windows Console
  10. Powershell 6 has a way faster start time. https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/maste...
    comment by nailer · 2018-05-18 · in Windows 1803 Update Turns on SSH
  11. …my powershell profile (which is written from a *nix PoV) has a little more info comparing the two: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile
    comment by nailer · 2018-05-15 · in Shell Style Guide
  12. …a chance: install PSCX, openssh, and conemu, configure your emacs keybindings, steal my profile ( https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile ) and learn, at minimum, 'where', 'get-member' and 'select' before you make your mind up on…
    comment by nailer · 2017-12-12 · in Microsoft Adds an OpenSSH Client to Windows 10
  13. …user, who's worked for both Red Hat and IBM's Linux group: damn straight. Here's my posh profile: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/maste...
    comment by nailer · 2017-04-06 · in Unix Is Not an Acceptable Unix (2015)
  14. …profile, including instructions for setting up a new box and additional aliases for Unix commands: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/maste... Short answer for 'How do I learn powershell?' is: * Learn 'select' * Learn…
    comment by nailer · 2017-01-15 · in Ask HN: How to effectively learn PowerShell?
  15. Sure, here are my dotfiles: https://github.com/mikemaccana/powershell-profile/blob/maste... I use ComEmu, the openssh, Pcsx, PSReadLine packages, Sublime, git, Sourcetree (might try VSStudio but have better things to do than change editor…
    comment by nailer · 2016-10-27 · in Microsoft, I Forgive You