ABOUT_LINE_EDITING


Short description

Describes how to edit commands at the PowerShell command prompt.


Long description

The PowerShell console has some useful keyboard shortcuts to help you edit
commands at the PowerShell command prompt.

Add a line

To add a line, press Shift+Enter.

You can add multiple lines. Each additional line begins with >>, the
continuation prompt. Press Enter to execute the command.

Move left and right

To move the cursor one character to the left, press the LeftArrow.

To move the cursor one word to the left, press Ctrl+LeftArrow.

To move the cursor one character to the right, press the RightArrow.

To move the cursor one word to the right, press Ctrl+RightArrow.

Move to a line's beginning or end

To move to the beginning of a line, press Home.

To move to the end of a line, press End.

If lines were added, press Home or End twice to move to the beginning or
end of the lines.

Delete characters

To delete the character behind the cursor's position, press Backspace.

To delete the character at the cursor's position, press Delete.

Delete characters from a line

To delete all the characters from the cursor's position to the end of a
line, press Ctrl+End.

To delete all the characters from the cursor's position to the beginning of
a line, press Ctrl+Home.

If lines were added, characters are deleted from the current line and the
lines that were added.

Insert and overstrike mode

To change to overwrite mode, press Insert. To return to insert mode, press
Insert again.

Tab completion

To complete a cmdlet name, a parameter, or a path, press the Tab key. To
scroll through a list of values, press the Tab key again.


See also

-   about_Command_Syntax
-   about_Path_Syntax
-   about_PSReadline