Comparison of Cmdlets With Similar Commands
The following table contains a selection of the cmdlets that ship with PowerShell, noting similar commands in other well-known command-line interpreters.
| PowerShell (Cmdlet) | PowerShell (Alias) | CMD.EXE / COMMAND.COM | Unix shell | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get-ChildItem | gci, dir, ls | dir | ls | List all files / directories in the (current) directory |
| Get-Content | gc, type, cat | type | cat | Get the content of a file |
| Get-Command | gcm | help | help, which | List available commands |
| Get-Help | help, man | help | man | Help on commands |
| Clear-Host | cls, clear | cls | clear | Clear the screen |
| Copy-Item | cpi, copy, cp | copy | cp | Copy one or several files / a whole directory tree |
| Move-Item | mi, move, mv | move | mv | Move a file / a directory to a new location |
| Remove-Item | ri, del, erase, rmdir, rd, rm | del, erase, rmdir, rd | rm, rmdir | Delete a file / a directory |
| Rename-Item | rni, ren, mv | ren, rename | mv | Rename a file / a directory |
| Get-Location | gl, pwd | cd | pwd | Display the current directory/present working directory. |
| Pop-Location | popd | popd | popd | Change the current directory to the directory most recently pushed onto the stack |
| Push-Location | pushd | pushd | pushd | Push the current directory onto the stack |
| Set-Location | sl, cd, chdir | cd, chdir | cd | Change the current directory |
| Tee-Object | tee | n/a | tee | Pipe input to a file or variable, then pass the input along the pipeline |
| Write-Output | echo, write | echo | echo | Print strings, variables etc. to standard output |
| Get-Process | gps, ps | tlist, tasklist | ps | List all currently running processes |
| Stop-Process | spps, kill | kill, taskkill | kill | Stop a running process |
| Select-String | sls | find, findstr | grep | Print lines matching a pattern |
| Set-Variable | sv, set | set | env, export, set, setenv | Set the value of a variable / create a variable |
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