| Operation |
cmd |
PowerShell |
| Get a simple directory listing |
dir
|
get-childitem
alias: dir
|
| Get a recursive directory listing |
dir /s
|
get-childitem -recurse
alias: dir -r
|
| Get a wide directory list |
dir /w
|
dir | format-wide
alias: dir | fw
|
| List built-in commands |
help
|
get-command
alias: help
|
| Copy a file |
copy foo.txt bar.txt
|
copy-item foo.txt bar.txt
alias: copy foo.txt bar.txt
|
| Move a file |
move foo.txt c:\
|
move-item foo.txt d:\
alias: move foo.txt d:\
|
| Rename a file |
ren foo.txt bar.txt
|
rename-item foo.txt bar.txt
alias: ren foo.txt bar.txt
|
| Batch rename |
ren *.one *.two
|
dir *.pdf | rename
-newname {$_.name -rep ".one",".two"}
|
| Set the current directory to d:\ |
d:
cd \
|
set-location d:\
alias: cd d:\
|
| Clear the screen |
cls
|
clear-host
alias: cls
|
| List only directories |
dir /ad
|
dir | where { $_.MshIsContainer }
|
| Directory list, sorted by date |
dir /od
|
dir | sort-object LastWriteTime
|
| Directory list, sorted by date, descending order |
dir /o-d
|
dir | sort-object LastWriteTime -desc
|
| Show the current directory |
cd
|
get-location
alias: pwd
|
| See a command’s help |
dir /?
|
get-help get-command
or: get-help get-command -detailed
or: get-help get-command -full
or: dir -?
|
| List environment variables |
set
|
dir env:
|
| Delete a file |
del foo.txt
|
remove-item foo.txt
alias: del foo.txt
|
| Find all *.txt files |
dir /s *.txt
|
get-childitem -recurse -include *.txt
alias: dir -r -i *.txt
|
| Find all *.txt files containing a particular string |
findstr "foo" *.txt
|
dir *.txt | select-string "foo"
|
| Show a list of services |
net start
|
get-service
|
| Start a service |
net start MyService
|
start-service MyService
|
| Stop a service |
net stop MyService
|
stop-service MyService
|
| Show network shares |
net share
|
gwmi Win32_Share
|
| Show a list of running processes |
tasklist
|
get-process alias: ps
|
| Kill all notepad.exe processes |
taskkill /im notepad.exe /f
|
ps notepad | kill
|
nice and compact. not easy to save or print. next.