Use CTRL + D to exit and CTRL + L to cls in Powershell console
I am trying to make
CTRL + D - exit Powershell console
and
CTRL + L - clear the screen
like in bash.
So far, I have seen that we can define
function ^D {exit}
but that means I have to do CTRL+D and then hit enter for it to work.
Also, it doesn't even let me define
function ^L {exit}
Is there anyway to add these key bindings in the default Powershell console?
Solution 1:
Old question, but with PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell Core 6.x and later:
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key ctrl+d -Function ViExit
Solution 2:
There is a new library PSReadline
for Powershell v3.0 that emulates the GNU Bash tab completion and key bindings. Even CTRL + R for reverse incremental search works. Exactly what I wanted.