I am learning PowerShell.
I would like to understand why some aliases in PowerShell 5.0 under Windows 8.1 do not work.
For instance, this command alone works:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT
But it does not when defined in my $profile
as follows:
Set-Alias -Name wei -Value 'Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT'
The error message follows:
PS C:\> wei wei : The term 'Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 + wei + ~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
EDIT:
I see the aliases work a little different than in standard Bash on Linux I am used to.
The solution was to simply declare it as a function:
Function wei { Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT }
Best Answer
If you like to pass other parameters to your alias, you can do this: