Powershell: Unwanted empty lines in the output of gci

[musm]

> gci


    Directory: C:\Users\Mus

Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
d-r---         2/2/2020   4:59 PM                Documents
d-r---        2/13/2020   1:21 PM                Downloads

can we get rid of the extra new lines right after entering gci

[iSazonov]

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[meterien]

@musm I think there is two line before and one after. We could remove the first one but maybe there is a reason for it. Which line would you like to remove?

Steps to reproduce

Get-ChildItem

Expected behavior

    Directory: C:\Users\josua\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio

Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d----          2018-06-16    01:09                Settings

Actual behavior

    Directory: C:\Users\josua\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio

Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d----          2018-06-16    01:09                Settings

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.0.0-rc.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.0.0-rc.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19569
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

[musm]

@meterien I would at least remove one of the two first new lines, it's really necessary and takes up a lot of terminal space.

[musm]

Here's another example why this is so annoying:

For some reason powershell thinks it's a good idea to steal 4 newlines and reduce more space on my 13" laptop's screen.

[msftbot[bot]]

:tada:This issue was addressed in #12163, which has now been successfully released as v7.1.0-preview.4.:tada:

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