Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks: Optimize your command-line usage and development processes with pro-level techniques

Cover\nTitle page\nCopyright and Credits\nDedication\nForeword\nContributors\nTable of Contents\nPreface\nSection 1: Introducing the New Windows Terminal\nChapter 1: Getting started with the new Windows Terminal\n	Technical requirements\n	Why a new terminal?\n	The modern foundations of Windows Terminal\n		A Modern UI\n		Flexible JSON-based customization\n		Open source development\n	Installing Windows Terminal\n	Launching Windows Terminal\n	Summary\n	Further reading\nChapter 2: Learning the Windows Terminal UI\n	Technical requirements\n	Using the terminal tabs\n		Editing tab title appearance\n	Using terminal panes\n	Managing terminal output\n	Using the command palette\n	Keyboard shortcuts review\n	Summary\n	Further reading\nChapter 3: Configuring an Ubuntu Linux profile\n	Technical requirements\n	Why use the Windows Subsystem for Linux?\n	Installing Ubuntu Linux\n		Step 1: Install WSL2\n		Step 2: Install Ubuntu\n		Launching Linux\n	Installing Linux applications: nginx\n		Starting nginx\n	Bidirectional access in Windows and Ubuntu\n	Summary\nSection 2: Configuring your Windows Terminal and its shells\nChapter 4: Customizing your Windows Terminal settings\n	Technical requirements\n	Introducing the settings.json file\n		Recovering from bad settings\n	The settings file structure\n	Useful Global Settings\n	Useful profile settings\n	Custom command-line profiles\n		Git Bash shell\n		SSH shell\n		C# interactive shell\n		Node.js interactive shell\n		Vim terminal shell\n	Summary\nChapter 5: Changing your Windows Terminal appearance\n	Technical requirements\n	Terminal color schemes\n		Built-in color schemes\n		Community-driven color schemes\n		Writing your own theme\n	Background images and translucency\n	Customizing PowerShell with posh-git, oh-my-posh, and PSReadLine\n		Oh-my-posh version 2\n		Oh-my-posh version 3\n		Changing the prompt without oh-my-posh\n		Changing command colors with PSReadline\n	WSL2 customization with oh-my-zsh\n	Command Prompt customization\n	Summary\nChapter 6: Setting up keyboard shortcuts\n	Technical requirements\n	Overview of the keyboard shortcut system\n	Building custom commands with \"sendInput\"\n	Configuring custom terminal layouts with \"wt\"\n		Additional uses of \'wt\'\n	Summary\nChapter 7: Hidden Windows Terminal Actions\n	Technical requirements\n	Discovering unbound actions\n	Using actions for focus management\n		togglePaneZoom\n		toggleAlwaysOnTop\n		toggleFocusMode\n	Using actions for visual effects\n		setColorScheme\n		toggleShaderEffects\n	Using actions for tab manipulation\n		Closing multiple tabs at once\n		Changing tab colors\n	Summary\nChapter 8: Tips for using PowerShell like a Pro\n	Technical requirements\n	Installing PowerShell Core\n	Using built-in commands and aliases\n		Automatic Variable: $^ and $$\n		cd - and cd +\n		The ii command\n		History navigation with h and r\n		Pipelines and $_\n		Custom Profile Aliases and Functions\n	Configuring PSReadLine in PowerShell Core\n		EditMode\n		History Search\n		Better autocompletion\n		Command predictions\n		Programmable shortcuts\n	Adding the GNU coreutils to the path\n	Installing the z utility\n	Addendum – the full PowerShell $profile file\n	Summary\nChapter 9: Tips for Using Ubuntu like an Expert\n	Technical requirements\n	Using Ubuntu with Windows\n		Accessing Linux directories from Windows\n		Accessing Windows directories from Linux\n		Running Linux programs from inside Windows\n		Running Windows programs from inside Linux\n	Installing and configuring software\n	Choosing your shell\n	Using ZSH\n		Rerunning earlier commands\n		Using ZSH substitutions\n		Configuring aliases and functions\n		Quickly navigating to directories\n	Installing and using oh-my-zsh plugins\n		Enabling the z plugin\n		Enabling vi-mode\n		Installing zsh-autosuggestions\n		zsh-syntax-highlighting\n	Summary\nSection 3: Using your Windows Terminal for development\nChapter 10: Using Git and GitHub with Windows Terminal\n	Technical requirements\n	Creating a modern Git installation\n		Installing Git\n		Installing OpenSSH\n		Starting our OpenSSH Agent\n		Setting up a private/public key pair\n		Testing our SSH authentication\n		Authenticating with Git on Linux\n	Tips for using Git effectively\n		Switching Git branches with git checkout -\n		Fixing typos with Git\'s autocorrect\n		Pushing to HEAD\n		Git aliases and command aliases\n		Tig\n		Viewing files on different branches\n		git reflog\n	Using GitHub from Windows Terminal\n		Creating repositories\n		Viewing pull requests\n		Checking out Pull Requests\n	Summary\nChapter 11: Building web applications with React\n	Technical requirements\n	Installing Node.js in WSL2\n	Adding a Node.js profile to Windows Terminal\n	Creating a React app\n	Developing in WSL2\n	Developing with a modern workflow\n	Summary\nChapter 12: Building REST APIs with C# and Windows Terminal\n	Technical requirements\n	Installing .NET and C#\n	Using dotnet script from Windows Terminal\n	Generating our REST API\n	Testing our REST API\n	Making changes to our REST API\n	Running unit tests with Windows Terminal\n	Summary\nChapter 13: Connecting to remote systems\n	Technical requirements\n	Connecting to Windows computers with WinRM and SSH\n		Connecting with WinRM\n		Connecting to Windows computers with SSH\n	Copying files with SCP\n	Connecting to Linux machines\n	Saving routinely accessed hosts and commands\n	Starting remote connections in Windows Terminal\n	Summary\nChapter 14: Managing systems in the cloud\n	Technical requirements\n	Using Microsoft Azure\'s Cloud Shell and az interactive\n		Using az interactive\n	Using Google Cloud Shell and gcloud interactive\n		Using gcloud beta interactive\n	Using AWS from Windows Terminal\n		Using aws-shell\n		Using the AWS Tools for PowerShell\n	Summary\nAppendix Windows Terminal Actions\nAbout Packt\nOther Books You May Enjoy\nIndex