PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language developed in .NET. Initially just a Windows component.
You can install it on any distribution Linux . In this article we’ll look at how to do this on Ubuntu 21.04 or higher. And the first steps, plus tips for other distros.
Installation
Run the commands below in that sequence:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y wget apt-transport-https software-properties-common
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install powershell
Use
Using PowerShell directly from the terminal:
pwshWill appear:
PowerShell 7.2.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.To exit press:
exit
Creating a basic script
Let’s run a Hello, World!.
Create the file and insert the content into it:
nvim hello-world.pwsh
Write-Host 'Hello, World!'Rotate:
pwsh hello-world.pwshOr simply:
nvim hello-world.pwsh
#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
Write-Host 'Hello, World!'Give execution permission and run:
chmod +x hello-world.pwsh
./hello-world.pwshFor other distros see the here procedure.
