PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

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How to do it…

To list the providers in PowerShell, follow these steps:

Run pwsh to load PowerShell on the Terminal.
Run the following command:

PS> Get-PsProvider

You will get something that looks like this:

Note the providers that are available in PowerShell, and the drives and capabilities found within these providers.

Navigate to the Alias: drive:

PS> Set-Location Alias:
PS> Get-ChildItem

Note how the prompt is now Alias:

Note the preceding colon after the drive name ( Alias: and not Alias). This is necessary for you to indicate to PowerShell that you are switching drives. Without the colon, PowerShell would simply try to look for a directory called Alias in your present working directory.