Tool Commands/Shortcuts

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Powershell Commands

• To get to Powershell, you can type powershell into the top command line in windows explorer just like cmd.
• Navigating Folders and Files
  • pwd - To print the current directory
  • ls - To list all options in the current folder
  • ls -la - List everything in current directory
  • cd xxx - To change directory to the next typed characters
  • cd ~ - To change directory back to the root level
  • cd .. - To change directory back up one level
  • cat xxx - To print the contents of a file
  • history - To print the history of commands
• Modifying Files
  • mkdir xxx - To create a new folder with the name of the next typed characters
  • touch xxx - To create a new file with the name of the next typed characters
  • code xxx - To open a file in VS Code
  • cp xxx yyy - To copy a file from xxx to yyy
  • mv xxx yyy - To move a file from xxx to yyy
  • rm xxx - To remove a file
  • > - To overwrite a file, e.g. echo "Hello World" > hello.txt will overwrite the file hello.txt with "Hello World"
  • >> - To append a call to a file, e.g. echo "Hello World" >> hello.txt will append "Hello World" to the end of the file hello.txt
• Aliases
  • To open your bash alias file, navigate to the root folder using cd ~ and then open using code .bash_aliases. This should open the file up in VS Code.
  • alias - To print all aliases
  • alias xxx="yyy" - To create a new alias, e.g. alias g="git" will create an alias for git

PowerShell Aliases Example

See my PowerShell Aliases GitHub repo for the aliases I use.

The below example shows how to create a PowerShell alias for opening the PowerShell profile file in VS Code or Cursor and then setting an alias for a folder in the Documents folder.

# Add a welcoming message
Write-Host "PowerShell profile loaded from `C:\Users\bangs\Documents\Coding Projects\PowerShell-Aliases\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1`!" -ForegroundColor Yellow

function OpenAliasFunction {
    param (
        [string]$Path = $PROFILE
    )

    try {
        code $Path
    } catch {
        Write-Host "'code' failed, trying 'cursor'..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
        try {
            cursor $Path
        } catch {
            Write-Host "Both editors failed to launch." -ForegroundColor Red
        }
    }
}

Set-Alias openalias OpenAliasFunction
Set-Alias profile OpenAliasFunction

# Define the folder path variable
$folderPath = "C:\Users\bangs\Documents\Coding Projects\"

function CodingFunction {
    $fullPath = $folderPath
    set-location $fullPath
}

Set-Alias coding CodingFunction

Git Commands

• git clone https://git.rle.de/deloitte/deloitte-pm-tool.git - Clone a repo from the provided URL
• git init - Initiate a git repository
• git remote add origin https://github.com/bangsluke/hacker-stories.git - Add a GitHub repository
• git branch -M main - Switch to the main branch
• git commit -m "Initial commit" - Commit with the message (-m) "Initial commit"
• git push -u origin main - Push to the main branch
• git fetch --prune - Fetch all branches and remove remote deleted branches
• git commit --allow-empty -m 'Empty commit' - Trigger the CI/CD pipeline with a blank commit
• git rev-list --all | xargs git grep "git" - Search for the word "git" in all files of all commits

VS Code Commands

• Ctrl + P - Open the file search
• Ctrl + Shift + P - Open the command palette
• Ctrl + D - Multi select (highlight a word and then press multiple times to select all words to type and replace)
• Ctrl + Space - Autocomplete the word (and auto import)
• Ctrl + Shift + K - Delete the current code line
• Alt + Up/Down - Move the current line up or down
• Alt + Shift + Up/Down - Copy the current line up or down

Chrome Shortcuts

• Ctrl + Shift + J - Open Chrome dev tools console

VBA Shortcuts

• F5 - Run the current script
• F8 - Run the current line of code
• Ctrl + Y - Delete the current code line