PowerShell Profile Example
Here’s an example (mine…) of a PowerShell profile
- First of all, if you don’t know about profile, you probably don’t have one; but let’s check it first.
Run the following command:Test-Path $profile
Returns “False”? See 2.
Returns “True”? See 3. - Ok, you don’t have any defined profile, so let’s create one with the following command:
New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
The ‘D:\Documents\xxxxxx\PERSONNEL\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1’ is now created, so let’s open it (newly created, the file is empty).
To know where’s yours, just run the following command:$profile
- Edit the file by the following command:
notepad $profile
There’s my profile below for example and a previous post on the subject here: PowerShell CheatSheet – Console Customization
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 - My PowerShell profile
.DESCRIPTION
Microsoft.PowerShell_profile - Customizes the PowerShell console
.NOTES
File Name : Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
Author : Fabrice ZERROUKI - fabricezerrouki@hotmail.com
#>
Set-Location D:\Documents\xxxxxx\PERSONNEL\powerscripts
$Shell=$Host.UI.RawUI
$size=$Shell.BufferSize
$size.width=120
$size.height=3000
$Shell.BufferSize=$size
$size=$Shell.WindowSize
$size.width=120
$size.height=30
$Shell.WindowSize=$size
$Shell.BackgroundColor="Black"
$Shell.ForegroundColor="White"
$Shell.CursorSize=10
function Get-Time {return $(Get-Date | ForEach {$_.ToLongTimeString()})}
function prompt
{
Write-Host "[" -noNewLine
Write-Host $(Get-Time) -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -noNewLine
Write-Host "] " -noNewLine
Write-Host $($(Get-Location).Path.replace($home,"~")) -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -noNewLine
Write-Host $(if ($nestedpromptlevel -ge 1) { '>>' }) -noNewLine
return "> "
}
function ll
{
param ($dir = ".", $all = $false)
$origFg = $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor
if ( $all ) { $toList = ls -force $dir }
else { $toList = ls $dir }
foreach ($Item in $toList)
{
Switch ($Item.Extension)
{
".exe" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="DarkYellow"}
".hta" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="DarkYellow"}
".cmd" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="DarkRed"}
".ps1" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="DarkGreen"}
".html" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="Cyan"}
".htm" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="Cyan"}
".7z" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="Magenta"}
".zip" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="Magenta"}
".gz" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="Magenta"}
".rar" {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="Magenta"}
Default {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor=$origFg}
}
if ($item.Mode.StartsWith("d")) {$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor="Gray"}
$item
}
$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = $origFg
}
function Edit-HostsFile {
Start-Process -FilePath notepad -ArgumentList "$env:windir\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
}
function rdp ($ip) {
Start-Process -FilePath mstsc -ArgumentList "/admin /w:1024 /h:768 /v:$ip"
}
function tail ($file) {
Get-Content $file -Wait
}
function whoami {
[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name
}
function Reload-Profile {
@(
$Profile.AllUsersAllHosts,
$Profile.AllUsersCurrentHost,
$Profile.CurrentUserAllHosts,
$Profile.CurrentUserCurrentHost
) | % {
if(Test-Path $_) {
Write-Verbose "Running $_"
. $_
}
}
}
function Check-SessionArch {
if ([System.IntPtr]::Size -eq 8) { return "x64" }
else { return "x86" }
}
function Test-Port {
[cmdletbinding()]
param(
[parameter(mandatory=$true)]
[string]$Target,
[parameter(mandatory=$true)]
[int32]$Port,
[int32]$Timeout=2000
)
$outputobj=New-Object -TypeName PSobject
$outputobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name TargetHostName -Value $Target
if(Test-Connection -ComputerName $Target -Count 2) {$outputobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name TargetHostStatus -Value "ONLINE"}
else
{$outputobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name TargetHostStatus -Value "OFFLINE"}
$outputobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PortNumber -Value $Port
$Socket=New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient
$Connection=$Socket.BeginConnect($Target,$Port,$null,$null)
$Connection.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne($timeout,$false) | Out-Null
if($Socket.Connected -eq $true) {$outputobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ConnectionStatus -Value "Success"}
else
{$outputobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ConnectionStatus -Value "Failed"}
$Socket.Close | Out-Null
$outputobj | Select TargetHostName, TargetHostStatus, PortNumber, Connectionstatus | Format-Table -AutoSize
}
Set-Alias powergui "C:\Program Files\PowerGUI\ScriptEditor.exe"
Set-Alias grep select-string
$MaximumHistoryCount=1024
$IPAddress=@(Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration | Where-Object {$_.DefaultIpGateway})[0].IPAddress[0]
$PSVersion=$host | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version
$PSVersion=$PSVersion -replace '^.+@\s'
$SessionArch=Check-SessionArch
$Shell.WindowTitle="PowerFab rulez! ($SessionArch)"
Clear-Host
Write-Host "`r`nsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "ssssssssss" -nonewline; Write-Host "`t`t`t`t`t`t`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "ss ssssss`tHi Fab!" -nonewline; Write-Host "`t`t`t`t`t`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "sss sssss" -nonewline; Write-Host "`t`t`t`t`t`t`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "ssss ssss`tComputerName`t`t" -nonewline
Write-Host $($env:COMPUTERNAME) -nonewline; Write-Host "`t`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "ssss ssss`tIP Address`t`t" -nonewline
Write-Host $IPAddress -nonewline; Write-Host "`t`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "sss sssss`tUserName`t`t" -nonewline
Write-Host $env:UserDomain\$env:UserName -nonewline; Write-Host "`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "ss s ss`tPowerShell Version`t" -nonewline
Write-Host $PSVersion -nonewline; Write-Host "`t`t`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "ss s ss`tPowerShell Session`t" -nonewline
Write-Host $SessionArch -nonewline; Write-Host "`t`t`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "s" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline; Write-Host "ssssssssss" -nonewline; Write-Host "`t`t`t`t`t`t`ts" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss`n" -ForegroundColor Yellow
$LogicalDisk = @()
Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -filter "DriveType='3'" | % {
$LogicalDisk += @($_ | Select @{n="Name";e={$_.Caption}},
@{n="Volume Label";e={$_.VolumeName}},
@{n="Size (Gb)";e={"{0:N2}" -f ($_.Size/1GB)}},
@{n="Used (Gb)";e={"{0:N2}" -f (($_.Size/1GB) - ($_.FreeSpace/1GB))}},
@{n="Free (Gb)";e={"{0:N2}" -f ($_.FreeSpace/1GB)}},
@{n="Free (%)";e={if($_.Size) {"{0:N2}" -f (($_.FreeSpace/1GB) / ($_.Size/1GB) * 100 )} else {"NAN"} }})
}
$LogicalDisk | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String
Ok, and now what does my prompt looks like?
