PowerShell

PowerShell is a scripting language combined with a command-line shell. It is built on the Microsoft .Net Framework, and used at first to automate the administration of the Windows operating system using the command-line shell. It’s core is now open source and cross-platform, so it allows task automation and configuration management in different operating systems: Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

It is a modern command shell that has more advanced functionalities than a command prompt. It is object oriented, and accepts and returns .NET objects. Its commands are called cmdlet, and the language is very easy to learn and to implement.

• on Windows:

  Usually, PowerShell is already installed on Windows 10. If it is not the case, you can install it following the steps below:

  1. go to this  github releases page. Then go to the assets section, and select the msi file corresponding to your system: for example PowerShell-7.1.4-win-x64.msi for the 64 bit version (the latest version available at the time of writing this post) .
  2. run the installer and follow the instructions.
  3. launch PowerShell from the start menu.

  For more details about the installation, you can check the following link.

• on Ubuntu :

  To install PowerShell on Ubuntu, just follow the steps below:

  1. open the terminal, then run the following command: sudo snap install --classic powershell
  2. to check the installed PowerShell version, just run the following command: pwsh --version

In the video below, the details of the installation of the PowerShelllanguage on Ubuntu.

To test your first PowerShell Hello World code on Ubuntu, just do the following:

1. create the “Hello.ps1” file and save it into the Home folder.
2. in the previously created file, write and save the following code:
   Copy Code
   Write-Host "Hello World!"
3. to run your code, open the terminal, and run the following command: pswh Hello.ps1

For more details about this code, you can check these pages: page1 and page2.

If you want to add something about the PowerShell language or about this post, please feel free to do it by commenting below 🙂 .