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 |
Read more about this topic: Windows PowerShell
Famous quotes containing the words comparison, similar and/or commands:
“But the best read naturalist who lends an entire and devout attention to truth, will see that there remains much to learn of his relation to the world, and that it is not to be learned by any addition or subtraction or other comparison of known quantities, but is arrived at by untaught sallies of the spirit, by a continual self-recovery, and by entire humility.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The question that’s probably uppermost in the child’s mind is: Why do my parents want to have a baby? Don’t they love me? And if they love me, why do they need another one? Aren’t I enough? Imagine for a minute yourself in a similar situation. Your husband comes home and says: “Honey I love you so much, I’ve decided to go get another wife so I can have two.” How would you feel?”
—Lawrence Balter (20th century)
“There are no more ideologies in the authentic sense of false consciousness, only advertisements for the world through its duplication and the provocative lie which does not seek belief but commands silence.”
—Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969)