Set Powershell as the default shell of Far Manager?

Question

Can I set Powershell as the default shell of Far Manager?

Answer 1

No, you cannot. But with PowerShellFar in Far Manager you can invoke PowerShell commands right from the command line with the prefix >:. That is:

Commands with console output, prefix >:

    >: Get-Date
    >: 3.14 / 3
    >: [math]::pi / 3

Commands with viewer output, prefix >>:

    >>: Get-Process
    >>: Get-ChildItem C:\TEMP\LargeFolder -Recurse -Force

Commands starting UI or background jobs normally use prefix >:

    >: $Far.Msg("Hello world!")
    >: Get-Process | Out-FarList -Text Name | Open-FarPanel
    >: Start-FarJob { Remove-Item C:\TEMP\LargeFolder -Recurse -Force }

If you expect lengthy output consider to start Far Manager as far.exe /w.

Finally see built-in PowerShellFar help, sections Command line and FAQ. You can define some accelerators. For example I use [Space] which inserts > + : + <space> into the empty command line. Thus, actually I have to type just 1 more symbol. This is a little bit inconvenient but it is perfectly compensated by the standard CMD shell at hands, CMD is not dead, especially in Far Manager.

Answer 2

PowerShellFar allows you to integrate PowerShell into Far Manager.

PowerShellFar combines the rich console based user interface of Far Manager with full power of Windows PowerShell perfectly integrated into this original text friendly environment.