Windows CMD & PowerShell (like bash) aliases

How to check the used environment (shell):

	Command
Confirm CMD	echo %COMSPEC%
Confirm CMD (stronger)	echo %cmdcmdline%
Confirm PowerShell	$PSVersionTable
Confirm Bash	echo $SHELL
Confirm WSL vs Git Bash	uname -a

for CMD:

notepad C:\Users\%USERNAME%\cmd_aliases.cmd    

    @echo off

    doskey ll=dir /a

    doskey cd..=cd ..

    doskey gs=git status $*

$* = forward all arguments (like $@ in Bash)

CheatSheet:

Bash	CMD
alias ll='ls -la'	doskey ll=dir /a
alias gs='git status'	doskey gs=git status
alias k='kubectl'	doskey k=kubectl $*

Auto-run:

reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor" ^

/v AutoRun ^

/t REG_SZ ^

/d "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\cmd_aliases.cmd"

for PowerShell

notepad $PROFILE

    $TerraformBackends = @{

        f1        = "C:\f1.conf"

        f2        = "C:\f2.conf"

       'f3-hub'   = "C:\f4_hub.conf"      ### spaces in names are not supported

       'f4-spoke' = "C:\f4_spoke.conf"  ### hypens (-) are not valid. That is why f3-hub is closed with ''

        f5       = "C:\f5-phxmedsl-hub.conf"

    }

    function init {

        param (

            [Parameter(Mandatory)]

            [ValidateSet("f1", "f2", "f3-hub", "f4-spoke", "f5")]

            [string]$Env

        )

        terraform init --backend-config $TerraformBackends[$Env]

    }

Auto-run: (reload ps profile)

. $PROFILE

 

Execute:

PS C:\init f1  
will execute terraform init --backend-config= "C:\f1.conf"

CheatSheet:

Bash	PowerShell
alias ll='ls -la'	function ll { Get-ChildItem -Force }
alias gs='git status'	function gs { git status @args }
alias k='kubectl'	function k { kubectl @args }
alias grep='grep --color'	function grep { grep --color=auto @args }