Last Updated on October 18, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language. Initially a Windows component only, known as Windows PowerShell, it was made open-source and cross-platform on 18 August 2016 with the introduction of PowerShell Core. The former is built on the .NET Framework, the latter on .NET Core.

With 304 non-merge, non-imported commits since v0.2.0, here are the
major changes:

  • .NET Core packages are build rc3-24011
  • Native Linux commands are not shadowed by aliases
  • Get-Help -Online works
  • more function respects the Linux $PAGER; defaults to less
  • IsWindows, IsLinux, IsOSX, IsCore built-in PowerShell variables added
  • Microsoft.PowerShell.Platform removed for the above
  • Cross-platform core host is now CoreConsoleHost
  • Host now catches exceptions in --command scripts
  • Host’s shell ID changed to Microsoft.PowerShellCore
  • Modules that use C# assemblies can be loaded
  • New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink supports arbitrary targets
  • Readline implementation supports multi-line input
  • Ctrl-R provides incremental reverse history search
  • $Host.UI.RawUI now supported
  • Ctrl-K and Ctrl-Y for kill and yank implemented
  • Ctrl-L to clear screen now works
  • Documentation was completely overhauled
  • Many more Pester and xUnit tests added

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