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PowerShell Shortcuts

5 categories ยท 29 shortcuts

01

Cmdlets

6 shortcuts
  • Show help for cmdletGet-Help
  • List all commandsGet-Command
  • List items (ls)Get-ChildItem
  • Change directory (cd)Set-Location
  • Copy item (cp)Copy-Item
  • Remove item (rm)Remove-Item
02

Pipeline

6 shortcuts
  • Pipe output to next command|
  • Select properties|Select-Object
  • Filter objects|Where-Object
  • Sort objects|Sort-Object
  • Iterate objects|ForEach-Object
  • Export to CSV|Export-Csv
03

Variables

6 shortcuts
  • Assign variable$var=value
  • Access environment variable$env:PATH
  • Current pipeline object$_
  • Current pipeline object (alias)$PSItem
  • List all variablesGet-Variable
  • Delete variableRemove-Variable
04

Functions

5 shortcuts
  • Define functionfunctionName{}
  • Declare parametersparam()
  • Return valuereturn
  • List functionsGet-Command-CommandTypeFunction
  • Remove functionRemove-ItemFunction:Name
05

Remoting

6 shortcuts
  • Start interactive sessionEnter-PSSession
  • End sessionExit-PSSession
  • Run command remotelyInvoke-Command
  • Create persistent sessionNew-PSSession
  • List sessionsGet-PSSession
  • Close sessionRemove-PSSession