Powershell For Mac
Among many of the things that we’ve seen coming out of the Microsoft camp in the last couple of years, is the opening up of many of the platforms that were traditionally very closed. We are talking about the introduction of mainstream Microsoft properties in non-Microsoft platforms, not least of which is the latest with the PowerShell on multiple operating systems.
Apple is fairly popular among the desktop and laptop operating system environments for many folks who also administer Microsoft environments. As someone who has always been an advocate for open source, I used to run Linux as my primary laptop operating system and use VMware Workstation to run a Windows Desktop to do any admin work there. We also have plenty of RDP options for remote desktop access to our Windows-based servers.
Enter PowerShell…Cross-Platform Alpha Edition
NOTE: This is featuring an alpha version of the platform, so obviously, you will want to tread carefully on how much you rely on it. That said, I’m all in on the version, and have tested it without having any serious issues.
To get the code for Mac, go to the GitHub site for the PowerShell project here: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell
The download links are located a little bit down the page within the Readme:
Click the version that matches your OS, which is going to be macOS 10.11 for my example. the .pkg file will download to your default location. Mine is in my Downloads folder, where I will find the file and double-click to launch the installer:
To install PowerShell on a Mac, just double-click the downloaded.pkg file. It will launch a package installer and install PowerShell like any other application. At the moment, the package doesn’t appear to be signed, so you’ll have to bypass Gatekeeper to install it. I am trying to fetch the ip address and mac address.Below code is working very fine but not for windows R2, any one has any suggestions? Primary Ip (get-WmiObject Win32NetworkAdapterConfigurat.
Select your hard drive name that matches the one in your system and click the Install button:
You will be prompted for your credentials because it is writing to the filesystem where you will add it to the /usr/local/bin folder:
And with that, you’re done the install:
Launch a Terminal session, and you can simply type powershell as a command now to launch the shell environment.
After launching, you can type any PowerShell command in the shell. They aren’t case-sensitive, but if you use the autocomplete by using the Tab key when a partial command is typed, the autocomplete will expand to the available command.
For example, if you type get-h and use the Tab key, you will see the command change to Get-H and also it will show you the available commands underneath that begin with Get-H.
Let’s try the Get-History command to see what it shows. My example has a few things in the history because I tested it out:
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We also have all of the help files locally on the system. You can get the help for any command by type Get-Help and then the name of the command. If we want to see what the help file and parameters are for the Get-Runspace command, just type Get-Help Get-Runspace to see the results:
There you have it! You are now running a Microsoft scripting environment on an Apple device. Who would have thought that seeing Bill Gates’ face looming over the 1997 Macworld conference in Boston, that we would see the true merging of platforms like we are seeing here.
Go forth and PowerShell all the things!
Because my main workstation is a MacBook pro, I use a Windows 8.1 virtual machine for most of my PowerShell coding work or I connect via RDP to my management server. But sometimes I want to quickly edit a script to send it to a coworker or friend. It is possible to edit a PowerShell script in any text editor that is available. But for PowerShell coding it handy if your editor is PowerShell language aware.
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So, while looking for PowerShell ISE for MacOSX I came across Sublime. First you need to install Sublime on your Mac. To enable the PowerShell highlighting you need to download this zip file.
The content of this zip file needs to be placed in the following location:
UsersUsernameLibraryApplication SupportSublime Text 3Packages
When you close Sublime and open it again the PowerShell syntax is available. When you click on the right side bottom of the Sublime window you can select PowerShell from the list.
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When you open a PowerShell script, you see that Sublime is now PowerShell aware.
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