Linux and Powershell

Re:Linux and Powershell by zanecodes on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:10PM (#25835673)

You can shorten any argument name in PowerShell, so long as it can be disambiguated:

    PS C:\> ls -di # same as Get-ChildItem -Directory; -d would pass the -Depth parameter instead
    

        Directory: C:\


    Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
    ----                -------------         ------ ----
    d-----       2020-07-24     18:09                PerfLogs
    d-r---       2020-12-14     22:45                Program Files
    d-r---       2020-12-24     22:57                Program Files (x86)
    d-----       2020-07-23     11:29                temp
    d-r---       2020-07-24     14:19                Users
    d-----       2021-01-15     21:33                Windows

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Re:Linux and Powershell by tremon on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:41AM (#25848521)

  > ls -di # same as Get-ChildItem -Directory; -d would pass the -Depth parameter instead

Ouch, that is actually worse than I thought. So not only can you abbreviate parameters, but when the abbreviation is ambiguous Powershell just arbitrarily picks one instead of giving an error?

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