PowerTip: Find the Last Command PowerShell Ran

hi

thank for sharing

here another option:

PS II> (h)[-1].CommandLine

Or another option

PS II> gc c:\scripts\history\f.ps1

function lastCommand([switch]$Run) {

  $cmd=history | select -last 1

  if($Run) {

     iex $cmd

 }else {

    new-object psobject -prop @{

       command = $cmd.CommandLine

       Runtime = ($cmd.EndExecutionTime - $cmd.StartExecutionTime).Milliseconds

       Status = $cmd.ExecutionStatus

    }

  }

}

PS II> . c:\scripts\history\f.ps1

PS II>

PS II> lastCommand

@Walid Toumi these are great suggestions. Thanks for sharing.

This seems to give me the last parameter of the last command:

If I do this:

gci Filesystem::N:\

$$

I get:

Filesystem::N:\

Similarly:

gci Filesystem::N:\IT\Operations\Checklists\Sqlserver\ | select Fullname

$$

Gives:

Fullname

Is that what you'd expect?

Matt

@salisbury_matt

"Is that what you'd expect?"

PS II> help about_automatic_variables  | Select-String -Simple '$$' -Context 0,4

the function lastcommand return entire expression

Actually if you want the last command it would probably be the first token on the line so the automatic variable $^ should be used.