In Power SHell set alias cp to cp -v

Question

I have cp for power shell. But I want to use cp in verbose mode without writing -v. So cp should be aliased to "cp -v" command. How to alias cp to "cp -v" in power shell?

Answer 1

The alias command will not create parameters. You'll have to delete the existing alias for cp and use a function:

Remove-Item alias:cp
Function cp { Copy-Item -v @args }

See here.

Answer 2

Create a new alias for calling cp with the Verbose flag:

function Copy-ItemWithVerbose
{
    Copy-Item -Verbose @args 
}
Set-Alias -Name cpv -Value Copy-ItemWithVerbose

Answer 3

in PS3 you can use this:

PS III> $PSDefaultParameterValues.Add("Copy-item:verbose","$true")
PS III> cp