Aliases for Powershell Terminal on Windows

#powershell_aliases.md

Powershell Aliases

Add Aliases in Windows

1. Open Windows Terminal
2. Type notepad $profile
   • If doesn't exists, creates file in ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
3. Add Aliases in file
   • Set-Alias <Name> <Command>

Useful aliases

# Creates drive shortcut for Work Folders, if current user account is using it
if (Test-Path "$env:USERPROFILE\Work Folders")
{
    New-PSDrive -Name Work -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "$env:USERPROFILE\Work Folders" -Description "Work Folders"
    function Work: { Set-Location Work: }
}

# open profile
Set-Alias -Name profile -Value "notepad $PROFILE"

Use template

The template profile file can be downloaded and used instead.

Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

### PowerShell template profile
### 
### Based on https://gist.github.com/timsneath/19867b12eee7fd5af2ba
###
### This file should be stored in $PROFILE
###    PS> notepad $PROFILE
###
### As a reminder, to enable unsigned script execution of local scripts on client Windows, 
### you need to run this line from an elevated PowerShell prompt:
###    PS> Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

# Useful shortcuts for traversing directories
function cd..   { cd .. }
function cd...  { cd ..\.. }
function cd.... { cd ..\..\.. }

# Compute file hashes - useful for checking successful downloads 
function md5    { Get-FileHash -Algorithm MD5 $args }
function sha1   { Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA1 $args }
function sha256 { Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 $args }

# Quick shortcut to start notepad
function n      { notepad $args }

# Drive shortcuts
function HKLM:  { Set-Location HKLM: }
function HKCU:  { Set-Location HKCU: }
function Env:   { Set-Location Env: }

# Simple function to start a new elevated process. If arguments are supplied then 
# a single command is started with admin rights; if not then a new admin instance
# of PowerShell is started.
function admin
{
    if ($args.Count -gt 0)
    {   
       $argList = "& '" + $args + "'"
       Start-Process "$psHome\powershell.exe" -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $argList
    }
    else
    {
       Start-Process "$psHome\powershell.exe" -Verb runAs
    }
}

# Set UNIX-like aliases for the admin command, so sudo <command> will run the command
# with elevated rights. 
Set-Alias -Name su -Value admin
Set-Alias -Name sudo -Value admin

# open and change powershell profile
Set-Alias -Name profile -Value "notepad $PROFILE"