<# .SYNOPSIS Updates the user's PowerShell profile .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script write/overwrites the PowerShell profile of the current user. .PARAMETER path Specifies the path to the new profile ($PSScriptRoot/my-profile.ps1 by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./update-powershell-profile.ps1 ⏳ (1/2) Querying path to PowerShell profile 'CurrentUserCurrentHost'... ⏳ (2/2) Copying my-profile.ps1 to /home/Markus/.config/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1... ✅ Updated your PowerShell profile, it get's active on next login. .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$path = "$PSScriptRoot/my-profile.ps1") try { "⏳ (1/2) Querying path to PowerShell profile 'CurrentUserCurrentHost'..." $pathToProfile = $PROFILE.CurrentUserCurrentHost $filename = (Get-Item "$path").Name "⏳ (2/2) Copying $filename to $pathToProfile..." $null = New-Item -Path $pathToProfile -ItemType "file" -Force Copy-Item "$path" "$pathToProfile" -force "✅ Updated your PowerShell profile, it get's active on next login." exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }