If the current input is incomplete (for example, there is a missing closing parenthesis bracket or quotation mark), the continuation prompt is displayed on the next line and PSReadLine waits for keys to edit the current input. This is equivalent to doing Undo until there is nothing left to undo.Īttempt to execute the current input. Revert all of the input since the last input was accepted and executed. Most of the shortcuts make sense and are familiar to me.Ĭancel all editing to the line and leave the line of input on the screen, but return from PSReadLine without executing the input. Learning a few shortcuts will vastly improve the command-line editing experience. One of the real strengths of PSReadLine is the enhanced command-line editing experience. This is useful to enter multiline input as a single command even when a single line is complete input by itself. The continuation prompt is displayed on the next line, and PSReadLine waits for keys to edit the current input. Go to the matching parenthesis curly brace or square bracket.
#POWERSHELL TEXT EDITOR WINDOWS#
Like BackwardWord except word boundaries are defined by Windows PowerShell token boundaries. Like NextWord except word boundaries are defined by Windows PowerShell token boundaries. Like ForwardWord except word boundaries are defined by Windows PowerShell token boundaries. Word delimiter characters can be set with: Move the cursor back to the start of the current word, or if between words, to the start of the previous word. Move the cursor forward to the start of the next word. Move the cursor forward to the end of the current word, or if between words, to the end of the next word. This may move the cursor to the previous line of multiline input. Move the cursor one character to the left. This may move the cursor to the next line of multiline input. Move the cursor one character to the right. Move the cursor to the start of the input. For the most part, they are straightforward, and they are inline with standard keyboard shortcuts used in other places.
Here is a table that provides the cursor movement shortcuts. Learning a few keyboard shortcuts makes me a lot more productive, and it also saves my wrists and hands from a lot of extra typing and work.
One of the cool things about PSReadLine is that it adds a lot of ways to move around in the Windows PowerShell console. My video is nothing like the way cool Scripting Cmdlet Style video, but it should prove to be somewhat helpful. I recorded it to illustrate a simple command-line edit. The second part is a short (less than two minutes) video. The first part includes two tables that I built, which are basically reference material for the PSReadLine command-line enhancements. It is hard to show command-line editing with screenshots and tables of shortcuts. Today I thought I would try something a bit different. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using PSReadLine to improve command-line editing in Windows PowerShell.
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