[BUG] Powershell corrupt history

[darrentu]

To Reproduce

cat (Get-PSReadLineOption).HistorySavePath

You should be able to see the Powershell history that has been saved throughout all the sessions (of that clouddrive instance). Note that this history is saved in the user's own clouddrive.

Observed Behavior

ls
cd ..
clear
ls
ls��#@@���@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@h3�@@@@@@@@@@hello_profile.ps1n@m@l@m@p@s@@@@�@@@@@@@@@@@@!��=@@@@@@@@@@@@@@+C@@@@@@@@@@@@z�
ls��#@@���@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@h3�@@@@@@@@@@hello_profile.ps1n@m@l@m@p@s@@@@�@@@@@@@@@@@@!��=@@@@@@@@@@@@@@+C@@@@@@@@@@@@zd@@rR�@@P.x�%E�U@@�^�@@@����@@�^��@@@@P.x�%E�U@@�^�@@@����@@�^��@@@@���#@@��z�%E�U@@�^�@@@����@@�^��@@@@@@@@@@@@@��@@�
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env
clear

We see some weird characters in some of the history

Expected behavior

All the history should be clear and visible for the user to see.

Is this specific to Cloud Shell?

Yes

Interface information

Portal.azure.com and using Microsoft Edge

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here.

AB#14440014

[dsajanice]

We're moving this back to the backlog due to higher priorities. Please upvote this issue if you need it fixed sooner.

[theJasonHelmick]

Thank you for reporting this.  This has been identified as an issue in PowerShell on linux. I've created an issue for the Powershell team here:  https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/19396.

At this time, the problem is reproducible and needs to be investigated before a solution can be determined.   A possible workaround for the customer is to copy the entire contents of the file to a single string in the clipboard.    Example using the repro_text.txt attached to the issue filed with PowerShell.

Get-Content .\repro_text.txt | set-clipboard

Then text can then be pasted into PowerShell ( locally or in Azure Cloud Shell).