Vi Mode in PowerShell 🖥️

Motivation 🎯

On a daily basis, I use vim motions in many tools like VSCode, Cursor, JetBrains, etc. Recently, I discovered a way to use vim motions in PowerShell as well.

Installation ⚙️

First, you need to install the PsReadline module:

Install-Module PsReadline -Scope CurrentUser

After installation, you can enable vim motions by executing:

Set-PSReadlineOption -EditMode vi

To avoid running this command every time, you can add it to your profile file. The profile file is located at the path stored in the $PROFILE variable. You can edit it using the command notepad $PROFILE and add Set-PSReadlineOption -EditMode vi to the bottom of the file.

Usage ⌨️

You can now use vim motions while writing commands in PowerShell.