Windows WSL Ubuntu opening PowerShell doesn't have autocomplete

[J0rdyV]

I configured my ubuntu terminal in ~/.bash_aliases with

alias powershell="/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe"

So that when i'm in a folder an quickly want to execute a PowerShell command, i can do so with just typing powershell, and a it opens inside the folder.

This works perfectly, commands also execute like i want, no problems there.
But i don't have autocomplete.
Also arrow up, for last commands doesn't work.
Autocomplete is enabled in ~/.bashrc and works for linux commands.

Is this issue because i'm opening it from bash?
Or can i configure this option somewhere so powershell opens in a different mode when i can use the arrow keys, autocomplete, ...

First time opening a ticket ever,
so please say so if i did something wrong/didn't give enough info
😄

[WSLUser]

@J0rdyV Can't help you with the autocomplete for Windows Powershell but if all you care about is running Powershell, have you tried using the Linux version?

[J0rdyV]

Tested the linux version but this is not the sollution because i can't use most of the commands i use from the windows powershell, for example Connect-SPOService.
This does work with the windows powershell shortcut in ~/.bash_aliases but like i said,
the autocomplete, arrow keys, ... don't work.

[WSLUser]

Yes there are some Windows specific modules that were stripped from Linux and there are other projects to restore some of that functionality, I was just curious if it would resolve the auto-complete issue. You will need to file this as a Windows Console issue. Be sure to provide your Windows version. If you aren't running 16299 at a minimum, your issue may not be able to be resolved quickly.

[benhillis]

There is functionality on the way to skip-ahead Insider builds that will make this issue (and half of the issues tagged with the "interop" label) go away.

[fpqc]

@benhillis pull some strings to get me into skip ahead 😭

[benhillis]

Fixed in 17618.

[l13rb4git]

alias powershell="/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe"

Thanks for that alias!

[ranjanified]

alias powershell="/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe"

@J0rdyV This saved my day. Thanks a lot. My WSL was saying powershell.exe: command not found.