I've programmed in the past and I remember having a terminal that would change the colors of words depending on their function (different color for variables, different color if I imported something etc). How is this accomplished in general? I installed Pygments but it seems that just does it for text files.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Powershell ISE with Powershell Version 4.0+ Includes some good coloring features for interactive scripting.
Powershell v2 ships with Windows 7, v4 can be downloaded and ISE is on the machine already. Current powershell version is v5, but beware-- some software like Server 2008 R2 running Exchange 2010 is built on v2, and a lot of the cmdlets won't work for v3-v5 without PS-Sessions.
In case you were curious about coloring output to the host, you can just do
Write-Host "my string" -fore 'color' -back 'color'
If you want a fully-fledged powershell IDE, you can purchase SAPIEN Powershell Studio which also wraps scripts in Windows Forms, can build MSI packages and similar things. If you're a hard core powershell kind of guy, it may be worth your time if making GUI powershell applications.
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What is the difference between [pwsh] and [Powershell Integreted Console] on VS Code?
I usualy use pwsh.
Today, when I installed the powershell extension and then tried to update the powershell, the Powershell Integreted Console started up and found out. What is this?
pwsh[.exe] is the executable file name of PowerShell [Core] (v6+), the cross-platform edition of PowerShell built on .NET Core / .NET 5+; by contrast, powershell.exe is the executable name of the legacy Windows PowerShell edition (v5.1-), built on the Windows-only .NET Framework (v4.8-)
Windows PowerShell comes with Windows itself, whereas PowerShell [Core] must be installed on demand (on all supported platforms).[+]
VSCode (Visual Studio Code) has an integrated terminal (console) that can run any shell, such as cmd.exe, bash, or pwsh or powershell.
Shells that run in the integrated terminal by default have no special integration with the files being edited. They show by their executable file name in the dropdown list in the integrated terminal's toolbar; e.g.:
By contrast, the PowerShell Integrated Console is a special shell that comes with the PowerShell extension and offers integration with PowerShell code being edited, notably to provide linting and debugging support, among other features.
The PowerShell Integrated Console starts on demand when you first open/activate an editor with PowerShell code in a session, and it shows as follows in the integrated terminal's toolbar:
You can use the PowerShell extension's configuration to choose the specific PowerShell executable to use, which on Windows allows you to choose between running PowerShell [Core] (pwsh.exe) and Windows PowerShell (powershell.exe) in the PowerShell Integrated Console.
If a PowerShell [Core] version is installed and it is installed in a well-known location[*], it will be used by default; the fallback on
Windows is Windows PowerShell. Since PowerShell [Core] versions can be installed side by side, you can switch between different versions, if installed.
If a PowerShell [Core] version in installed in a nonstandard location and is therefore not discovered automatically, you can tell the PowerShell extension where to find it, either via the Settings GUI or via settings.json, as shown in the linked topic and the bottom section of this answer.
Whenever the active tab is a PowerShell source-code file, the status bar in the bottom-right corner shows the PowerShell version that is being used if you however over or click on the {} icon; versions >= 6 imply PowerShell [Core].
If configured, there's a separate icon that directly invokes the PowerShell session menu when clicked and which reflects the active version number - again, see the bottom section of this answer; e.g.:
[+] as of v7.0; time will tell if PowerShell [Core] will ship with future versions of Windows, and perhaps even other platforms.
[*] From the linked docs: "This feature looks at a few well-known paths on different operating systems to discover install locations of PowerShell. If you installed PowerShell to a non-typical location, it might not show up initially in the Session Menu. You can extend the session menu by adding your own custom paths." If you use one of the official installers, the PowerShell extension should find your installation.
i am not able to see the powershell ise application in my windows serevr 2012 OS,Search window .
Below is the screenshot of my issue:
Whats wrong with my OS? Does anything is corrupted?
[ps-ise][1]
[powershellisenotfound][1]
Try to enable powershell via following steps. Open PowerShell Window, and type the following commands:
Import-Module ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature PowerShell-ISE
For more details see this msdn link.
As far as I know PowerShell ISE is not enabled for WIN server operating systems. Reason: WIN 2012 is designed for headless usage in clouds. Therefore it won't make sense to enable GUI based PowerShell ISE.
I know it's late for the original poster, but it's available to be added as a Feature in the Server Manager. Go to Programs and Features --> Turn Windows features on or off --> Expand Features (in the left pane) --> Add Features (upper right) --> Check the appropriate box in the Add Features Wizard and install.
Note: It's called Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) so it's down in the "W" section and not "P".
Newer versions of the PowerShell ISE (and third-party PowerShell scripting environments like PowerGUI) offer pretty good IntelliSense support.
However, I often write scripts that I want to run on servers which only have older versions of PowerShell installed (in particular, PowerShell 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2). I can't upgrade the PowerShell installation on the server and the PowerShell 2.0 ISE doesn't have IntelliSense.
Is there any way to configure the PowerShell 3.0 or 4.0 ISE, or PowerGUI (or any other free PowerShell script editor!) to provide IntelliSense which is restricted to PowerShell 2.0 compatible code only?
I have confirmed Jason's theory that Intellisense does work in PSRemoting against the installed version of Powershell, but it looks a bit different. I tested using Powershell preview build 5.0.10018.0 remoting to Server 2008R2 with PS v2.0. I ran:
$Procs = Get-Process
$Procs <Ctrl + Space>
This resulted in an Intellisense tooltip with options like:
$Procs.count
$Procs.Clear(
Where v3.0 and up would only include the property or method names, not the variable itself.
I also tested for the .Where() and .Foreach() magic methods which did not show up in Intellisense. This seems to confirm that it's working against the installed version.
I have Windows 7 at home with Powershell 2 and I really like the free version of the PowerGUI Powershell editor.
I'd like to start using Powershell at work but we are on version 1.o on XP with SP2. I was going to install PowerGui but
it looks like it requires some Core components or maybe even Powershell 2.0. I expect that our XP production servers may not have this version and I think it is safe to stay with 1.0 for now to avoid pushback from the keys with the keys to the production box.
My question is this:
Is there an editor like powerGui that I can use with version 1 where I do not have to install additional Powershell components that may not be present in production?
You can use all of the free and commercial editors on XP:
PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) ships with PowerShell V2
PowerGUI (www.powergui.org) is a great free editor with support for code folding and intellisense, and PowerPacks to make it easy to work with PowerShell by point and click
Idera makes another great editor (PowerShell Plus - www.powershellplus.com) with a strong collection of scripts that ship with it.
DevFarm makes PowerWF and PowerSE (www.powerwf.com), and editor and workflow tool for working with PowerShell
PrimalForms is an editor and tool to make UI in PowerShell, built by Sapien (www.sapien.com)
Hope this Helps
If your question is actual PowerGUI script editor (version 2.4.0) works with PowerShell V1.0. My answer is that I don't think it works. In my understanding you need a version before 2.0 . I'am using PowerGUI 1.9.5.966 which works perfectly with PowerShel V1.0.
Edit: Anyone coming to the question now. Please look at the dates. This is a very, very, old question from the first version of PowerShell. Everything is now different
Just starting out with PowerShell, I would love to have intellisense support for writing PowerShell scripts. Tab-completion works great so you would think it would exist somewhere, but the only thing I can find an article from 2007 - hardly up to date.
Is there an extension somewhere that gives you this ability?
How about an editor?
Try this -
http://powergui.org/index.jspa
This is a good editor with intellisense
The Windows PowerShell ISE which is installed with later versions of PowerShell has got built-in intellisense.
Also Visual Studio Code with the PowerShell extension is another option
And ISE Steroids if you want to stay with ISE
But seems direction is VS Code, especially with Core
Have a look on PowerTab.
Also PowerShell Plus (commercial). Or you can wait for PowerShell 2.0 and hopefully get Graphical Windows PowerShell.
PowerSE is a free PowerShell Editor that includes Intellisense (PowerShell, WMI, and .NET)
Features:
Includes Auto-Script creation feature - execute a cmdlet, look at the results in a grid view, select and sort columns, then tell it to generate the PowerShell for you.
Community button to search TechNet and PoshCode for samples.
Debug features such as breakpoints and stepping through code.
Watch window to drill into PowerShell variables.
Context sensitive help.
Imbedded console window with command recorder.
Try visual studio code with powershell extension. It works better than Windows PowerShell ISE for me.
PSReadline now has intellisense right in the console based on the command history. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-psreadline-2-1-with-predictive-intellisense/
To enable in powershell 7:
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
You can also get that version of psreadline in powershell 5.1.
Install-Module PSReadLine -RequiredVersion 2.1.0
I think it is the best way that you write TabExpansion.
There are no Autocomplteion tools for posh, like C#'s IntelliSence.
They can't get even $_'s properties even if you use just a standard Cmdlet.
PowerShell ISE v3 has Intellisense
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27548