PowerShell For Mac

Initially only available for Windows, PowerShell has since been made compatible with macOS and Linux, making it a more versatile and accessible tool. It comes with a powerful scripting language, and it is particularly suited for automation and configuration management.

As a command shell, PowerShell is more advanced than most. It can accept and return .NET objects, it features a comprehensive command-line history, tab completion, command prediction, support for aliases, and the ability to combine commands.

The scripting language is quite versatile, and it is most often used for automating system management, as well as to build and deploy solutions. It uses .NET objects as inputs and outputs. The language is extensible and offers support for most popular data formats, such as CSV, XML, and JSON.

PowerShell includes the Desired State Configuration framework (DSC), which is designed to help users manage enterprise infrastructure via declarative configurations and custom scripts.

PowerShell makes a big difference when it comes to automating certain tasks, which is why cross-platform accessibility is so important. It can run on any Mac running macOS 10.13 or later, and the installation process is very straightforward, whether you choose to download it directly or install via Homebrew.