Windows Terminal, PowerShell and OpenSSH Profiles

Opening SSH and Telnet sessions and using WSL tools from PowerShell

An SSH session

A Telnet session

A PowerShell session with administrative privileges

Installation

1. Install the dependencies listed below
2. Copy the contents of UserProfile to %UserProfile%
3. Copy the contents of WSLHome to ~ inside the WSL image
4. [OPTIONAL] Apply the included registry file to register Windows Terminal to automatically handle ssh:// and telnet:// protocol links

Dependencies

Host

• PowerShell 5.1
• Windows Terminal
• OpenSSH Client
• CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font
• fastfetch
• plink (for wttelnet and wtcom)

WSL

• WSL
• Rocky Linux WSL Image
• bgpq4, fastfetch, iperf3, mtr:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
sudo dnf install epel-release iperf3 mtr
sudo dnf install bgpq4 fastfetch

Usage

• Aliases:
  • grep --> Select-String
  • ll --> Get-ChildItem
  • subl|sublime --> Sublime Text
  • which --> Get-Command
• WSL Aliases:
  • bgpq4
  • dig
  • iperf3
  • mtr
  • whois
  • Note: All WSL aliases use a distribution named rocky by default. That distribution must exist and have the above tools installed for these to function.
• wtssh: Wrapper for OpenSSH that spawns a new tab
  • -t, --title: Set a custom title for the tab
  • Parses an SSH URI argument (ssh://)
  • All additional arguments are forwarded to OpenSSH
• wttelnet|wttel: Wrapper for plink -telnet that spawns a new tab
  • --title: Set a custom title for the tab
  • Parses a telnet URI argument (telnet://)
  • All additional arguments are forwarded to plink
• wtcom|wtser: Wrapper for plink -serial that spawns a new tab
  • -Port: The COM device number, default: 4
  • -BaudRate: The baud rate, default: 9600
  • -DataBits: The number of bits per character, default: 8
  • -Parity: The parity mechanism behaviour, one of:
    • n: None (default)
    • o: Odd
    • e: Even
    • m: Mark
    • s: Space
  • -StopBits: The number of stop bits, one of 1, 1.5, or 2, default: 1
  • -FlowControl: Flow control mechanism, one of:
    • N: No flow control
    • X: Software XON/XOFF flow control (default)
    • R: Hardware RTS/CTS flow control
    • D: Hardware DSR/DTR flow control
• Compare-FileHash: Compare two files, or a file to a hash string
  • -Algorithm: Hash algorithm to use, default: SHA256
  • -Path: Path to the first (or only) file to compare, may also be piped in via stdin
  • -Compare: Path to the second file, or a hash string, to compare against
• Other Utilities:
  • head, tail, wc: Basic clones of standard POSIX tools
  • Get-UserPrincipleName: Get the UPN of the current user