Installation

For additional info please check PowerShell GitHub Repo.

Windows

Probably you have it already installed. Just open a PowerShell Prompt (not CMD). Anyway, it is recommended to download and install PowerShell Core so you’re using the latest version.

FAQ

• How to run a PowerShell script from explorer?: Left click > Run with Powershell.

• I can’t see Run With Powershell option: Right click on the .ps1 file that you’re trying to run and select open with…, select Notepad and be sure to enable the option always open ps1 files with this application.

• How to run a PowerShell with a BAT file?: Create a file with the same name as your ps1 file but change its extension to .bat. Add one of the following contents to the file:

  • Without admin rights:

    @ECHO OFF
    PowerShell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%~dpn0.ps1'"
    PAUSE
    

  • With admin rights:

    @ECHO OFF
    PowerShell.exe -NoProfile -Command "& {Start-Process PowerShell.exe -ArgumentList '-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ""%~dpn0.ps1""' -Verb RunAs}"
    PAUSE
    

Linux

See section Linux Dev Environment on Wikilaterus.

Mac

Follow these instructions and start it typing pwsh or sudo pwsh on bash.

Equilaterus CLI-Tools

We’ve created a set of scripts to make easier your life: See GitHub Repo.

Command Line Util - Snippet

If you don’t want to use our CLI-Tools, here is a snippet to create a basic PowerShell utility:

write-host "TITLE"
write-host "DESCRIPTION"
write-host "`n`n========================================"

# ADD YOUR COMMANDS HERE

# END COMMANDS SECTION

write-host "`n`n========================================"
write-host "`nPress any key to quit..."
[void][System.Console]::ReadKey($true)