Getting Started

PowerShell commands follow a Verb-Noun semantic with a set of parameters.

Mapping for Bash Equivalent commands

The table below lists the usage of some basic commands to help you get started on PowerShell faster. Note that all bash commands should continue working on PowerShell session.

Bash	PowerShell	Description
ls	dir, Get-ChildItem	List files and folders
tree	dir -Recurse, Get-ChildItem -Recurse	List all files and folders
cd	cd, Set-Location	Change directory
pwd	pwd, $pwd, Get-Location	Show working directory
clear, Ctrl+L, reset	cls, clear	Clear screen
mkdir	New-Item -ItemType Directory	Create a new folder
touch test.txt	New-Item -Path test.txt	Create a new empty file
cat test1.txt test2.txt	Get-Content test1.txt, test2.txt	Display files contents
cp ./source.txt ./dest/dest.txt	Copy-Item source.txt dest/dest.txt	Copy a file
cp -r ./source ./dest	Copy-Item ./source ./dest -Recurse	Recursively copy from one folder to another
mv ./source.txt ./dest/dest.txt	Move-Item ./source.txt ./dest/dest.txt	Move a file to other folder
rm test.txt	Remove-Item test.txt	Delete a file
rm -r <folderName>	Remove-Item <folderName> -Recurse	Delete a folder
find -name build*	Get-ChildItem build* -Recurse	Find a file or folder starting with 'build'
grep -Rin "sometext" --include="*.cs"	Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter *.cs	Select-String -Pattern "sometext"
curl https://github.com	Invoke-RestMethod https://github.com	Transfer data to or from the web

Aliases

Use Get-Alias to fetch the a list of aliases in the environment. Use Get-Alias to get details of a specific alias. alias is also a built in alias to Get-Alias.

PS: C:\\Users\\Alex> Get-Alias ls
CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
-----------     ----                                               -------    ------
Alias           ls -> Get-ChildItem

Creating a file

New-Item touches a new file at -Path

PS: C:\\Users\\Alex> New-Item A.txt
PS: C:\\Users\\Alex> echo "Some text" > B.txt

Listing files and folders

ls is aliased to Get-ChildItem .

PS: C:\\Users\\Alex> Get-ChildItem -Path C:\\”Program files”

Grep

PS: C:\\Users\\Alex> grep -Rin "sometext" --include="*.cs"