Create a permanent Powershell Alias Profile

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Make the document user profile

cd $env:USERPROFILE\Documents
md WindowsPowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-Item -Path $Profile -Type File

Using a function the contents of Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 can be:

function Do-ActualThing {
    # do actual thing
}

Set-Alias MyAlias Do-ActualThing

Using just a simple alias:

Set-Alias MyAlias Action

example:

Set-Alias tf terraform

References:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24914589/how-to-create-permanent-powershell-aliases
• https://www.pdq.com/powershell/set-alias/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/set-alias