Windows powershell: command line change

Question

Using Windows powershell, how to change the command line? For example, the default prompt tells

PS C:\Documents and Settings\govendes\My Documents> 

I want to configure this line.

thank

Answer 1

Just enter the prompt function in your Powershell profile ( notepad $PROFILE ), for example:

 function prompt {"PS: $(get-date)>"} 

or color:

 function prompt { Write-Host ("PS " + $(get-date) +">") -nonewline -foregroundcolor White return " " } 

Answer 2

In connection with the comment above for Windows Server 2012 and Win7, the following is required:

 new-item -itemtype file -path $profile -force notepad $PROFILE 

I suggest the following as an invitation if you run multiple usernames (for example, on your own + login):

 function Global:prompt {"PS [$Env:username]$PWD`n>"} 

(credit to David I. MacIntosh for this)

Answer 3

If you want to do it yourself, then Ocaso Protal answer is the way to go. But if you're lazy like me and just want to do something for you, I highly recommend the Luke Sampson Pshazz package .

Just to show you how lazy you are, I will give a quick tutorial.

• Install Pshazz with Scoop ( scoop install pshazz )
• Use a nice predefined theme ( pshazz use msys )
• Drinking (root) beer

Pshazz also allows you to create your own themes, which is as simple as setting up a JSON file. Look mine to see how easy it is!

Answer 4

On the command line, I like the current timestamp and the allowed drive letters for network drives. To make it more readable, I put it in two lines and played a little with the colors.

With CMD, I ended up with

  PROMPT=$E[33m$D$T$H$H$H$S$E[37m$M$_$E[1m$P$G 

For PS, I got the same result:

 function prompt { $dateTime = get-date -Format "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss" $currentDirectory = $(Get-Location) $UncRoot = $currentDirectory.Drive.DisplayRoot write-host "$dateTime" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor White write-host " $UncRoot" -ForegroundColor Gray # Convert-Path needed for pure UNC-locations write-host "PS $(Convert-Path $currentDirectory)>" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow return " " } 

This is a bit readable :-)

BTW:

• I prefer powershell_ise.exe $PROFILE over (dumb) notepad
• If you like to debug tooltip () with breakpoints, you should rename the request function to something else (or try in another file). Otherwise, you may end up in a loop: when you stop debugging, prompt () is called again, and you stop at the breakpoint again. Very annoying at first ...

Answer 5

In this version of the answer, Warren Stevens avoids the noisy "Microsoft.PowerShell.Core \ FileSystem" in the way if you Set-Location to network resources.

 function prompt {"PS [$Env:username@$Env:computername]$($PWD.ProviderPath)`n> "}