How to programmatically write to the current prompt line in Powershell

Question

Is it possible to send text to the current prompt line? Something like the following:

PS[10]> Get-Location
c:/
PS[11]> Write-PromptLine "This text has been written by Powershell"
PS[12]> This text has been written by Powershell|
# | denotes the caret

Paolo Tedesco · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-04 10:09:52Z

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You could use the SendKeys.SendWait method:

[void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("This text has been written by Powershell")

edited Feb 4, 2010 at 10:09

answered Feb 4, 2010 at 10:01

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guillermooo Over a year ago

I was hoping the $host object would provide that functionality, but I'll try later whether your approach would work for me. Thanks.

Paolo Tedesco Over a year ago

I couldn't find anything in $host (that's the first thing I tried), but SendKeys does what you asked for. What are you trying to accomplish, exactly?

guillermooo Over a year ago

Send last cmd line to editor, block execution of shell, edit cmd in editor, save to temp file, close editor and send result to PS prompt line without executing straight away. Can't test right now, though. Your solution should work.

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