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PowerShell command history on Windows 10 using PSReadline

In Windows 10 PowerShell 5.0 comes bundled with PSReadline. This module allows for getting access to the command history.

A very useful feature of PSReadline is that it writes the history of PowerShell commands to a text file and this text file is easily accessible. The path where this file is stored can be found by executing the following command:

(Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath

To view the list of previously executed commands you can type the following:

Get-Content -Path (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath

This will output the contents of the history file to your PowerShell console. Alternatively the file can be opened by your favorite editor by using the Invoke-Item cmdlet:

Invoke-Item -Path (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath

C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log.