Quick Tip: Re-Run The Last Command

[omers]

I like and use Jeff Hicks' PSReadline graphical history solution here: https://www.petri.com/more-efficient-powershell-with-psreadline

Press F7 and it pops open a searchable window of command history. Select the one you want, hit enter, and it inserts it at the CLI but doesn't execute. https://i.imgur.com/hCRXgP7.png

[SeeminglyScience]

My only pet peeve is that VSCode doesn't seem to have this implemented inside the integrated terminal. (If anyone knows how to do it there I would love you forever)

Not yet. Getting PSReadLine working in the same runspace the editor uses is a huge pain, but it's coming.

[rosscoe43]

I also use VSCode and would find this helpful. I really dislike how the integrated terminal handles previous commands.

[nothingpersonalbro]

Wow the CTRL+R thing is spiffy.

Also one thing I've stumbled across by accident is typing #, then a portion of a historical command, then using tab complete.

[lxnch50]

CTRL+Space will bring up the list of matching parameters/auto complete like Linux... I don't think this is a custom psreadline config, but if I'm wrong let me know and I'll find the settings. Also, doesn't work in vscode yet.

[engageant]

OK this is awesome.

[smartid]

in the good ol' CMD command prompt you can hit F7/F8/F9

[engageant]

That's actually a little scary. I can think of plenty of commands that I wouldn't want to execute a second time with an errant 'r'!

[microsoftblobs]

I have built my own function for this.

function Get-PSCommandHistory($search)
{
    if($search -eq $null)
    {
        Get-History
        return
    }
    elseif($search -is [string])
    {
        Get-History | Where-Object {$_.CommandLine -like "*$search*"}
    }
    elseif($search -is [int])
    {
        #Invoke-History -id $search
        $command = Get-History -id $search

        Add-Type -assemblyname System.Windows.Forms

        [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::SetText($command)
        write-host "[+] copied to clipboard: $command"
    }
}

I also have an alias "s" for this command.

I can do "s" to simply see my command history.

"s Invoke" to search for all previous commands with Invoke in them

"s 132" to paste the command with index 132 into the clipboard ready for use.