Personal PowerShell profile and modules for Windows, with productivity utilities, git helpers, WSL integration, and more.
The profile is loaded in each powershell session automatically.
| Alias |
Maps To |
Description |
ss |
Select-String |
Grep-like string search |
grep |
Select-String |
Grep-like string search |
z |
Get-Help |
Quick help lookup |
m |
Get-Member |
Inspect object members |
cd |
MyCD |
Custom cd that records history |
q |
CdLast |
Jump to a previously visited directory |
gitp |
GitPullKeepLocal |
Git pull keeping local changes |
Clone into the PowerShell profile directory (or pull if it already exists):
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$repoUrl = 'https://github.com/eyalbold/.powershell.git'
$destDir = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyDocuments')) 'PowerShell'
if (-not (Test-Path $destDir)) {
git clone $repoUrl $destDir
} else {
Write-Warning "'$destDir' already exists — pulling latest instead"
Push-Location $destDir
if (-not $(Test-Path .git))
{ git init }
git remote add upstream $repoUrl
git fetch upstream
if (-not $(Test-Path Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1) )
{ git pull upstream/main} else { Write-Error "profile exists, please merge" ; Exit 1 }
Pop-Location
}
# Hook into Windows PowerShell 5 profile
$ps5Profile = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyDocuments')) 'WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1'
$dotSource = ". $destDir\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1"
if (-not (Test-Path $ps5Profile)) {
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $ps5Profile -Force | Out-Null
}
Add-Content -Path $ps5Profile -Value $dotSourceKey Bindings (PSReadLine)
Opt-in only — disabled by default.
To enable, run once in any PowerShell session:
This writes $global:enable_wt_keys=$true to config.ps1, which is loaded automatically on every subsequent session.
| Key |
Action |
Alt+q |
Jump to a previously visited directory (fuzzy via fzf) |
Alt+e |
Insert a command previously run in the current directory |
Alt+h |
Fuzzy-search the full global command history |
Alt+c |
Pick a previously visited directory via fzf and open Claude there |
| Function |
Description |
ProfileCommands |
List all profile functions with their synopsis and description |
| Function |
Description |
MyCD |
Wraps Set-Location, records every navigation in PSReadLine history |
CdLast |
Pick a previously visited directory via fzf and jump to it |
StupidHist |
Returns list of previously visited directories from history |
SimpHist |
Fuzzy-search full command history (returns selected entry) |
SimpHistEx |
Like SimpHist but immediately executes the selected command |
GrepOnCurDir |
Fuzzy-select a command previously run in the current directory |
| Function |
Description |
Find |
Unix-like find: filter by name, type, path; supports -exec callbacks |
FindFileRg |
Recursively find files and search their contents with ripgrep |
FindGitFile |
Show full git log for a file, following renames (git log --follow) |
Which |
Locate the full path of an executable (like Unix which) |
Get-MD5 |
Compute MD5 hash of a string or file |
| Function |
Description |
Checkout-FileWithDifferentName |
Checkout a file from a branch and save it under a new name |
GetGitStash |
List current git stashes |
CheckCommit |
Inspect a commit by number or line |
RemoveCommit |
Remove a specific commit |
ExtractFromLastStash |
Pull a single file out of the last stash |
Checkout-FileFromStash |
Checkout a file from a named stash |
StashAll |
Stash all changes with a name |
FilesInCommit |
List files changed in a specific commit |
Process & Window Management
| Function |
Description |
Show-Window |
Bring a process window to the foreground (restore if minimized) |
Get-LockingProcess |
Find processes locking a file (uses Sysinternals handle.exe) |
KillByName |
Kill all processes matching a name pattern |
| Function |
Description |
TranslatePath |
Convert a WSL/Linux path to a Windows path |
RunBash |
Execute a command in WSL with bash profile loaded |
RestartWsl |
Restart the WSL service (LxssManager) |
| Function |
Description |
ConVM |
Open a PSSession to the local win10 Hyper-V VM |
copy-foldertovirtualmachine |
Copy a folder's contents into a Hyper-V VM |
NewVMDrive |
Create a new VM drive |
| Function |
Description |
IIF |
Inline ternary: IIF $cond $true $false |
ConvertPSObjectToHashtable |
Recursively convert a PSObject/JSON result to a hashtable |
Get-Histogram |
Generate a histogram (with optional ASCII visualization) from pipeline data |
Select-Zip / Tuple-Zip |
Zip two collections together element-by-element |
Ext2 |
Run a script block in a new PowerShell window |
DebugIt |
Debug helper |
Add-ToPath |
Permanently add a directory to the system PATH |
Format-ErrorWithStackTrace |
Format an error record with enhanced stack trace and source lines |
Dynamic Parameter Helpers
| Function |
Description |
AddWrapper |
Build a DynamicParam dictionary forwarding params from another function |
GetRestOfParams |
Filter a bound-params hashtable to only those accepted by a target function |
Let / Get |
Wrapper functions using dynamic parameter forwarding |
Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure
A PowerShell DSC module for configuring PowerToys settings declaratively. Covers:
- AdvancedPaste – AI paste, clipboard preview, shortcuts
- Awake – keep-awake modes (Passive, Indefinite, Timed, Expirable)
- ColorPicker – activation actions, click behavior
- Hosts – hosts file editor settings
- PowerAccent – accent character activation key
- And many more PowerToys modules
These are only needed for specific functions — the profile loads fine without them.
| Dependency |
Used By |
| fzf |
CdLast, SimpHist, SimpHistEx, GrepOnCurDir, Alt+q/e/h keybindings |
ripgrep (rg) |
FindFileRg |
| Sysinternals handle.exe |
Get-LockingProcess |
| PowerShell 7 |
keybindings |
| WSL (Ubuntu) |
TranslatePath, RunBash, RestartWsl |