Creating PowerShell module from Mac

README.md

Creating PowerShell module from Mac

Requirement

Install up-to-date PowerShell Core.

$brew cask install powershell
...
$ pwsh --version
PowerShell v6.0.2
$

Install PSModule template.

dotnet new -i Microsoft.PowerShell.Standard.Module.Template

Create and install our PS module

dotnet new psmodule
dotnet build

The module is ready. Let's use it in pwsh.

pwsh
PS > Import-Module ./bin/Debug/netstandard2.0/PS.dll
PS > (Get-Module PS).ExportedCmdlets
PS > Test-SampleCmdlet(1)

Done.

Reference

• Installing PowerShell Core on macOS
• Powershell: How to create a Standard Library Binary Module