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Powershell Rosetta Stone.md

Powershell Rosetta Stone

CMD	Unix	Powershell	Synopsis
HELP	man	Get-Help	Displays information about commands and concepts.
	apropos	Get-Command	Gets all commands.
		Show-Command	Displays PowerShell commands in a graphical window.
	df	Get-PSDrive	Gets drives in the current session.
	mount	New-PSDrive	Creates temporary and persistent mapped network drives.
	umount	Remove-PSDrive	Deletes PowerShell drives and disconnects mapped network drives.
CD	pwd	Get-Location	Gets information about the current location or a location stack.
CD	cd	Set-Location	Sets the current working location to a specified location.
MD	mkdir	New-Item	Creates a new item. (-ItemType Directory)
PUSHD	[pushd]	Push-Location	Adds the current location to the top of a location stack.
POPD	[popd]	Pop-Location	Changes the current location to the last pushed onto the stack.
DIR	ls	Get-ChildItem	Gets the files and folders in a file system drive.
	find	Get-ChildItem	Gets the files and folders in a file system drive. (-Name)
	-d	Test-Path	Determines whether all elements of a path exist.
	dirname	Split-Path	Returns the specified part of a path.
	basename	Split-Path	Returns the specified part of a path. (-Leaf)
CACLS	chown chmod	Get-Acl	Gets the security descriptor for a resource.
CACLS	chown chmod	Set-Acl	Changes the security descriptor of a resource.
	touch	New-Item	Creates a new item. (-ItemType File)
COPY	cp	Copy-Item	Copies an item from one location to another.
REN		Rename-Item	Renames an item in a Windows PowerShell provider namespace.
MOVE	mv	Move-Item	Moves an item from one location to another.
DEL	rm	Remove-Item	Deletes files and folders.
	truncate	Clear-Content	Deletes the contents of an item, but does not delete the item.
CLS	clear	Clear-Host	Clears the display in the host program.
SET /P	read	Read-Host	Reads a line of input from the console.
ECHO	echo	Write-Output	Sends the specified objects to the next command in the pipeline.
TYPE	cat	Get-Content	Gets the contents of an item.
	head	Get-Content	Gets the contents of an item. (-Head 10) (-Wait for -f)
	tail	Get-Content	Gets the contents of an item. (-Tail 10) (-Wait for -f)
	tee	Tee-Object	Outputs in a file or variable and down the pipeline.
FINDSTR	grep	Select-String	Finds text in strings and files.
		Where-Object	Selects objects from a collection based on their property values.
	cut	Select-Object	Selects objects from a collection based on their property values.
SORT	sort	Sort-Object	Sorts objects by property values. (-Unique)
	uniq	Get-Unique	Returns unique items from a sorted list.
	wc	Measure-Object	Calculates the numeric properties of objects,or strings.
FC	diff	Compare-Object	Compares two sets of objects.
	column	Format-Table	Formats the output as a table.
		Format-List	Formats the output as a list of properties on a new line (*)
		Out-GridView	Sends output to an interactive table in a separate window.
	lp	Out-Printer	Sends output to a printer.
	jq	ConvertFrom-Json	Converts a JSON-formatted string to a custom object.
	csvtool	ConvertFrom-Csv	Converts object properties in comma-separated value format.
SYSTEMINFO	uname	Get-ComputerInfo	Gets a consolidated object of system properties.
SHUTDOWN	shutdown	Stop-Computer	Stops (shuts down) local and remote computers.
	reboot	Restart-Computer	Restarts the operating system on local and remote computers.
	systemctl	Get-Service	Gets the services on the computer.
	systemctl	Start-Service	Starts one or more stopped services.
	systemctl	Stop-Service	Stops one or more running services.
TASKLIST	ps	Get-Process	Gets the processes running on a local or remote computer.
TASKKILL	kill	Stop-Process	Stops one or more running processes.
	time	Measure-Command	Measures the time it takes to run script blocks and cmdlets.
	strace	Trace-Command	Traces of the specified expression or command.
TIMEOUT	sleep	Start-Sleep	Suspends the activity for the specified period of time.
PING	ping	Test-Connection	Sends ICMP echo request ("pings") to one or more computers.
TRACERT	traceroute	Test-Connection	Sends ICMP echo request ("pings") to one or more computers.
NSLOOKUP	dig	Resolve-DnsName
IPCONFIG	ip addr	Get-NetIPConfiguration	Gets IP network configuration.
		Get-NetIPAddress	Gets the IP address configuration.
ROUTE	ip route	Get-NetRoute	Gets the IP route information from the IP routing table.
ARP	ip neighbor	Get-NetNeighbor	Gets neighbor cache entries.
NETSTAT	ss	Get-NetTCPConnection	Gets TCP connections.
	curl	Invoke-WebRequest	Gets content from a web page on the Internet.
DATE	date	Get-Date	Gets the current date and time.
	$RANDOM	Get-Random	Gets a random number, or selects objects from a collection.
CLIP	xclip	Get-Clipboard	Gets the contents of the clipboard.
CLIP	xclip	Set-Clipboard	Sets the contents of the clipboard.
NET	useradd	New-LocalUser	Creates a local user account.
NET	userdel	Remove-LocalUser	Deletes local user accounts.
NET	groupadd	New-LocalGroup	Creates a local security group.
NET	groupdel	Remove-LocalGroup	Deletes local security groups.
NET	groupmod	Add-LocalGroupMember	Adds members to a local group.
NET	groupmod	Remove-LocalGroupMember	Removes members from a local group.
		Get-Member	Gets the properties and methods of objects.
		Select-Object	Selects objects or object properties.
		ForEach-Object	Operates against each item in a collection of input objects.
		Where-Object	Selects objects from a collection based on their property values.
		Group-Object	Groups objects with the same value for specified properties.