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dir

List contents of a directory


Similar to Linux's 'ls' command

cd or chdir

Change directory you are currently in

md or mkdir

Make


Directory


creates directories

What is the command to copy files?

copy

What is the command to move a file?

move

del or erase

Deletes files or directories. This command will prompt a user to confirm deletion.


*Note* Files deleted with this command get deleted, they do not go into a recycle bin.

rd or rmdir

Remove directory deletes a directory. Will only work on empty directories unless used with the '/S' option.

find

Will search a specified file for whatever is queried.


ie. find "hello" greeting.txt


will search the file 'greeting.txt' for the string 'hello'

exit

Close cmd

type

Show contents of a file


Similar to 'cat' in Linux

| more

Pipe more shows the contents of whatever the command results are but in a per screen format

>

Change standard output to a new file. Will overwrite an existing file if the same filename is used.

>>

Change standard output to a file but appends to that file instead of overwriting it. Will create a new file if one doesn't already exist.

Envar

Environment Variable


ie. echo %CD% is like Linux's pwd command. It will show the current directory.

Common envars in Windows

%CD% = Current directory


%DATE% = Show current date


%OS% = What OS u r running. ie Windows NT


%ProgramFiles% = C:\Program Files


%ProgramFiles(x86)% = C:\Program Files (x86)


%TIME% = Show the current time


%USERPROFILE% = C:\Users\(username)


%SYSTEMDRIVE% = C:\


%SYSTEMROOT% = C:\Windows

wmic

Windows


Management


Instrumentation


Command


Syntax: wmic [GLOBAL SWITCHES] [ALIAS] [VERBS] [PROPERTIES]


ie. wmic os get /value will return all the properties of wmic os for yoy to choose from.


ie2. wmic /APPEND:report.txt os get caption


ie3. wmic service where (startmode="auto") get caption will find services whose startup property is "auto".

net user, net localgroup, net accounts

Allows you to manage and interact with local user-related and group-related settings

Set-Location

Change to a specified directory


akin to Linux's cd

Get-ChildItem

Returns current directory contents


akin to Linux's ls and cmd's dir

New-Item

Makes a new directory


akin to Linux's mkdir

Remove-Item

Delete a specified file or directory akin to Linux's rm and rmdir

Get-Location

Shows your current working directory, akin to Linux's pwd

Get-Content

Shows the contents of a file, akin to Linux's cat or cmd's type

Copy-Item

Copy a file from one given location to another, or creates duplicate copy of a specified file as long as you change the name of the target file, akin to Linux's cp or cmd's copy

Move-Item

Move a file from one given location to another, or changes the name of a specified file, akin to Linux's mv or cmd's move

Write-Output

Prints output, akin to Linux's echo

Get-Alias

Show aliases for the current session, incl. global (static) aliases, akin to Linux's alias

Get-Help

Shows info about a given PowerShell command, akin to Linux's man command.


Syntax: Get-Help {cmdlet} will show documentation of a given command.


Get-Help {cmdlet} -examples


will show examples of a given command.

Get-Process

Shows current processes running on the local machine, akin to ps

Stop-Process

Stops one or more defined processes, akin to Linux's kill

Get-Service

Gets a list of services, akin to Linux's service --status-all

How to find commands in PowerShell?

By noun: Get-Command -Noun {noun} or


Get-Command -Type Cmdlet | Sort-Object -Property Noun | Format-Table -GroupBy Noun



By verb: Get-Command -Verb {verb} or


Get-Command -Type Cmdlet | Sort-Object -Property Verb | Format-Table -GroupBy Verb

wget

Command to run url from command line