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J_yang
J_yang

Reputation: 2822

How to create an alias for conda activate and rename shelltab in Powershell

I tried to create an alias for conda acitvate in Powershell but didn't get any luck so far. On my profile.ps1

  1. First I tried:
function Get-CondaActivate { & conda activate}
New-Alias -Name ca -Value Get-CondaActivate -Force -Option AllScope

It does nothing when ca myenv. So I supposed I need argument, then

function Get-CondaActivate { & conda activate $args}
New-Alias -Name ca -Value Get-CondaActivate -Force -Option AllScope

I got error msg:

Enter-CondaEnvironment : Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Name'. Cannot convert value to type System.String.

So how can I create an alias of ca myenv to replace conda activate myenv?

I would also like to have an alias to rename the powershellISE tab:

$psise.PowerShellTabs[1].DisplayName = 'new_name'

I think 1 and new_name needs to be replace by an argument. But totally no idea how to do it. :(

Thanks!

J

Upvotes: 2

Views: 474

Answers (1)

Mathias R. Jessen
Mathias R. Jessen

Reputation: 174815

If you want a typed parameter in a function you need to declare it!

function Get-CondaActivate {
  param([string]$EnvName)
  & conda activate $EnvName
}

Otherwise make sure you pass only the argument you need, or convert the $args array to a string before passing it to conda:

& conda activate $args[0]
# or
& conda activate "$args"

Upvotes: 5

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