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\"Large<\/a>If you have been using PowerShell for any length of time, I'm sure you are familiar with aliases. An alias is an alternative name to a PowerShell cmdlet. They are intended to serve as transition aids (like dir and ls) and as a means to keep interactive typing to a minimum. Although with tab completion, if you can get in the habit, perhaps this isn't as big a deal. However, there are a number of aliases you might want consider creating if, like me, you spend a lot of time at a PowerShell prompt.<\/p>\n

I still use Notepad, often as a temporary buffer. I'm too lazy to type \"notepad\" at a prompt. So I have this:<\/p>\n

Set-Alias \u2013name np \u2013value $env:WinDir\\notepad.exe<\/code><\/pre>\n
I use Set-Alias instead of New-Alias so that if I am trying to define something that already exists I won't get any errors. You can also make your aliases Read-Only so you don't accidently change them.<\/p>\n
Set-Alias \u2013name np \u2013value $env:WinDir\\notepad.exe \u2013option ReadOnly<\/code><\/pre>\n
Another one that I've started using is an alternative to Select for Select-Object.<\/p>\n
set-alias so Select-Object -option ReadOnly<\/code><\/pre>\n
The Name and Value parameters are positional. Like you, I use a number of Office products.<\/p>\n
Set-Alias wd \"$env:Programfiles\\Microsoft Office\\Office15\\winword.exe\" -option ReadOnly\r\nSet-Alias xl \"$env:Programfiles\\Microsoft Office\\Office15\\Excel.exe\" -option ReadOnly\r\nSet-Alias ie \"$env:Programfiles\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -option ReadOnly\r\nSet-Alias pp \"$env:Programfiles\\Microsoft Office\\Office15\\Powerpnt.exe\" -option ReadOnly<\/code><\/pre>\n
Here's one that might escape my younger readers.<\/p>\n
set-alias grok get-help<\/code><\/pre>\n
I have a separate script file that defines all of my aliases which is dot-sourced in my profile script. I use a few Sysinternals utilities and while I could modify %PATH% it is just as easy to create a few aliases.<\/p>\n
Set-Alias pe E:\\tools\\sysinternals\\procexp.exe -option ReadOnly\r\nSet-Alias du E:\\Tools\\Sysinternals\\du.exe -Option ReadOnly<\/code><\/pre>\n
My other shortcuts are helper (cheater?) functions like these where the name is more like an alias.<\/p>\n
function tm {(get-date).ToLongTimeString()}\r\nfunction dt {(get-date).ToShortDateString()}<\/code><\/pre>\n
As you can see, I'm using PowerShell aliases for more than cmdlets. What kind of shortcuts and aliases have you come up with?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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