Use CTRL + D to exit and CTRL + L to cls in Powershell console
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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?
Powershell Solutions
Solution 1 - Powershell
Old question, but with PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell Core 6.x and later:
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key ctrl+d -Function ViExit
Solution 2 - Powershell
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.
Solution 3 - Powershell
If you don't mind relying on an external program, you could do the following with AutoHotKey:
#IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass
^L::SendInput , {Esc}cls{Enter}
^D::SendInput , {Esc}exit{Enter}
#IfWinActive
The above will work with the PowerShell or CMD console. Otherwise the only thing I can think of would be to work up some P/Invoke magic with SetWindowsHookEx.
Edit: Fixed AutoHotkey script to pass through the shortcut keys to other programs.
Solution 4 - Powershell
There is also a PowerShell snapin called PSEventing which will allow you to do this (see the demo on the front page:
http://pseventing.codeplex.com/releases/view/66587
# clear screen in response to ctrl+L, unix style
register-hotkeyevent "ctrl+L" -action { cls; write-host -nonewline (prompt) }
Solution 5 - Powershell
You can set your PSReadline to emacs mode, it will not only exit with ^D, you will be able to go to beginning of line with ^A, end of the line with ^E
Include this in your profile:
Set-PSReadlineOption -EditMode Emacs
I'm using cmder which uses ConEmu, find profile.ps1 with <appdir>/vendor/ for that case and you can add into that file.
Otherwise you can add to default locations where powershell loads it. One of tutorials HERE.
Solution 6 - Powershell
The keybindings are controlled by PSReadLine. PSReadLine's default edit mode is Windows style, where Ctrl-D is unbound.
Set your edit mode to Emacs
Set-PSReadlineOption -EditMode Emacs
or bound the key
Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key 'Ctrl+d' -Function DeleteCharOrExit