Enable up/Down arrow in powershell

For this, you need PSReadline. First, install PsGet if you don’t have it:To install it just run the following URL in powershell.

(new-object Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://psget.net/GetPsGet.ps1 ' ') | iex
Then, install PSReadline:

install-module PSReadline
Import PSReadline after loading the persistent history:

Import-Module PSReadLine
And you will be able to recall previous commands with up arrow key. Add the following to have partial history search with up/down arrow key:

Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key UpArrow -Function HistorySearchBackward
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key DownArrow -Function HistorySearchForward
Lastly, to enable bash style completion:

Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key Tab -Function Complete

History Command in PowerShell

To add the a command to a new or existing profile
On the computer that hosts the data warehouse management server,

click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows PowerShell 1.0, right-click Windows PowerShell, and then click Run as administrator.
At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
>>Test-path $profile
If the results of the previous command are false, go to step 4. If the results are true, go to step 5.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER.
New-item –type file –force $profile
Type the following command, and then press ENTER.
Notepad $profile

Add the following Content into profile file.

===================

Set-Location C:\
$a = Get-Date
“Date: ” + $a.ToShortDateString()
“Time: ” + $a.ToShortTimeString()
$MaximumHistoryCount = 1KB

if (!(Test-Path ~\PowerShell -PathType Container))
{ New-Item ~\PowerShell -ItemType Directory
}

function bye
{ Get-History -Count 1KB |Export-CSV ~\PowerShell\history.csv
exit
}

if (Test-path ~\PowerShell\History.csv)
{ Import-CSV ~\PowerShell\History.csv |Add-History
}

====================

 

PS> Get-History |Get-Member -MemberType Property
TypeName: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.HistoryInfo

Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
CommandLine Property System.String CommandLine {get;}
EndExecutionTime Property System.DateTime EndExecutionTime {get;}
ExecutionStatus Property System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.Pip...
Id Property System.Int64 Id {get;}
StartExecutionTime Property System.DateTime StartExecutionTime {get;}

This means that you can find out when something was executed (e.g. which session it happened in) using the following command:

PS> ghy |ft id,endexecutiontime,commandline -auto

Id EndExecutionTime CommandLine
-- ---------------- -----------
612 6/29/2006 5:39:34 AM gcm export-csv |fl *
613 6/30/2006 6:51:16 PM ipconfig
614 6/30/2006 8:51:38 PM cd C:\kits

 

Create a Windows PowerShell Profile

To add the a command to a new or existing profile
On the computer that hosts the data warehouse management server, click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows PowerShell 1.0, right-click Windows PowerShell, and then click Run as administrator.
At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
Test-path $profile
If the results of the previous command are false, go to step 4. If the results are true, go to step 5.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER.
New-item –type file –force $profile
Type the following command, and then press ENTER.
Notepad $profile
In the profile, type the command you need ,If you are adding this command to an existing profile, add it on a new line at the end of the profile.
On the menu bar, click File, and then click Exit.
In Notepad, click Save.
Type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command.
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
. $profile