Add -Current Parameter to Get-Process

[kilasuit]

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

Whilst Get-Process -id $PID works today
There are potentially times where you can't use $PID like in RestrictedLanguage Mode

So it makes sense to Add -Current parameter which will return info for the Current Process as that will work RestrictedLanguage Mode

This was recommended as another option to think of as opposed to

• Add a Current Process Path Automatic Variable #26950

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Add a parameter for Get-Process that return info for the Current running Process

[doctordns]

I feel Get-Process -Current to not be a particularly discoverable approach. To me, it means all the current processes (or a subset based on name/wocard.) I'd feel better if there were a Get-PowerShellProcss. Of Perhaps a -CurrentPowerShellProcess parameter. I'd like to make it easier to discover.

[kilasuit]

By default Get-Process returns all current available processes
I could expand this to CurrentProcess but as shown below in a C# Console app calling the current implementation via (Get-Process -id $PID) it isn't always going to be a PowerShell Process that you are running the engine in.

[doctordns]

Thanks for the comment. While "current" may implicitly be the current powershell process, I'm suggesting making it explicit. "Current" could mean all currently running processes, or all the current powershell processes. I like making things explicit where we can. And we can always alias the parameter as just -current.