Practice PowerShell keyboard shortcuts

Drill all 69 until you don't have to think about them.

typed aliases + PSReadLine

Typed-command mode: this faux-terminal is the same engine the AutoCAD and Rhino decks use. Mac chords follow PSReadLine's Emacs default edit mode on macOS and assume Option-as-Meta in your terminal.

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The progression

Every deck is graded 1 to 6: level 1 is the reflex core, the top level is where the specialists live. One move from each, so you can see how far it goes.

1. Level 17 moves

   List directory contents (alias)

   gci

   the directory listing you run before almost anything else (Get-ChildItem)

   …and 6 more at this level

2. Level 27 moves

   List available commands (alias)

   gcm

   finds the cmdlet you half-remember (Get-Command)

   …and 6 more at this level

3. Level 317 moves

   Complete the command or path you're typing

   Tab

   completion is typing at machine speed — never spell a path out

   …and 16 more at this level

4. Level 420 moves

   Inspect an object's properties and methods (alias)

   gm

   Get-Member is how you discover what a pipeline object can do

   …and 19 more at this level

5. Level 513 moves

   Delete from the cursor to the end of the line

   macCtrl+KwinCtrl+End

   wipe the rest of the line without selecting it first

   …and 12 more at this level

6. Level 65 moves

   Extend the selection forward by one word

   macAlt+Shift+FwinCtrl+Shift+ArrowRight

   build a selection one word at a time

   …and 4 more at this level