You can backward and forward search in the command history (CTRL-R, CTRL-S), and command completion works as well. The syntax highlighting colors are the same as on Windows. For instance, PSReadline works as expected. My first impression was that PowerShell on the Mac looks and feels like it does on Windows. So for instance, the environment variables you set in your Mac profile will automatically be available in your PowerShell session. Note that your Mac Terminal profile will be loaded as well. PSReadLine history: ~/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine/ConsoleHost_history.txtįor instance, you can store your PowerShell profile in profile.ps1 in your home directory in /.config/powershell/. Shared modules: /usr/local/share/powershell/Modules User modules: ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules User profiles: ~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1 If you’ve done this before on a Windows machine the process is no different! Install-Module -Name VMware.The default paths are a bit different than they are under Windows: $PSHOME is /usr/microsoft/powershell/6.0.0-alpha.9/

Now that PowerShell is installed, and we’re at a PowerShell prompt, we can go get PowerCLI. To install Cask run the following command: brew tap caskroom/caskĪnd now that Cask is installed let’s go get PowerShell! brew cask install powershellĪfter PowerShell installs there is a PowerShell icon in your Applications directory, or from a Terminal window you can simply type pwsh to launch PowerShell. With Cask you’ll have access to tons of repositories, like installing PowerShell modules from the PowerShell Gallery. Cask extends Homebrew and makes it even easier to install your favorite software. As the Homebrew install is running it’ll tell you what it’s up to.Īfter Homebrew it’s time to install Homebrew-Cask. Install Windows PowerShell 5. You’ll be prompted to enter in your sudo password. It easily installs just by running the following line (found on their site): /usr/bin/ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL )' Homebrew is the package manager you wish Apple installed in MacOS. While Microsoft’s documentation specifically sites MacOS 10.12, I can assure you that this entire process was done from a MacBook Pro running 10.13.3, using all of the same commands in their documentation.īefore you get started there are a couple of prerequisites you’ll need to install. So, with that you can now run the new PowerCLI 10 on MacOS! Now that PowerShell 6.0 has been officially released you can run PowerShell on Linux and Mac, in addition to Windows of course.

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