Psreadline: Can't run powershell.exe from within a Bash/WSL session

[bitcrazed]

Cannot run powershell.exe from within a Windows Subsystem for Linux Bash session nor from within a Tmux session!:

Oops, something went wrong.  Please report this bug with the details below.
Report on GitHub: https://github.com/lzybkr/PSReadLine/issues/new
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Exception:
System.IO.IOException: The handle is invalid.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.Console.GetBufferInfo(Boolean throwOnNoConsole, Boolean& succeeded)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Internal.ConhostConsole.get_CursorLeft()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Initialize(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics)
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Edge case, I know, but a user asked!

[lzybkr]

PowerShell Core or Windows PowerShell?

[bitcrazed]

Invoking Windows PowerShell.exe from within Linux Bash! :)

$ powershell.exe

[villesinisalo]

user@hostname:~$ powershell.exe
Unable to translate current working directory. Using C:\Users\user
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\Users\user> Exit
Exit
user@hostname:~$ 

Seems to work for me now 🤷‍♂️

[lzybkr]

I made a small change in Win10 that effectively disables PSReadLine when input is redirected so this scenario works, but only barely - command line editing is worse than if you run powershell from cmd, e.g. no tab completion.

Eventually PSReadLine will support redirected input, see this issue.

[thealtruist]

I was able to run PowerShell in WSL but I had to be in a Windows directory. /mnt/c/