PSReadLine

The PSReadLine module contains cmdlets that let you customize the command-line editing environment in PowerShell.

There have been many updates to PSReadLine since the version that ships in Windows PowerShell 5.1.

  • PowerShell 7.4.0 ships with PSReadLine 2.3.4
  • PowerShell 7.3.0 ships with PSReadLine 2.2.6
  • PowerShell 7.2.5 ships with PSReadLine 2.1.0
  • PowerShell 7.0.11 ships with PSReadLine 2.0.4
  • PowerShell 5.1 ships with PSReadLine 2.0.0

These articles document version 2.0.0 of PSReadLine.

PSReadLine

Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler

Gets the key bindings for the PSReadLine module.

Get-PSReadLineOption

Gets values for the options that can be configured.

PSConsoleHostReadLine

This function is the main entry point for PSReadLine.

Remove-PSReadLineKeyHandler

Removes a key binding.

Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler

Binds keys to user-defined or PSReadLine key handler functions.

Set-PSReadLineOption

Customizes the behavior of command line editing in PSReadLine.