Just poking around with PowerShell. Here are some useful tips and tricks I have found to customize it:

Change prompt to bash-style

function prompt { [string]$(get-location) + " % " }


Helpful Debugging Tricks

PS> Set-PSDebug -trace [level] [-step]


There are three possible trace levels:
• 0: No tracing
• 1: Trace script lines as they execute
• 2: Also trace variable assignments, function calls, and scripts.

Adding -step means that the script also pauses after each line.

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Bits & Bytes: Customizing Windows PowerShell