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Powershell Introduction. Powershell is now a built in application in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Powershell is an application that lets admins and technicians manage networked computers from a command line and from scripts. PowerShell is a powerfull utility for managing your Server enviornment including, Active Directory, Operating System, Registry, Services, Event Log, etc. If you are a system admin or an IT professional I would highly recommend learning how to use powershell. Take the next step in your career, you won't be sorry you did.
Obtaining PowerShell
If you are not running Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 you will have to download and install powershell as it is not built in to the OS. Download Powershell
Below is a basic list of cmdlets to get you started using powershell. To launch powershell click Start then click Run and then type in powershell and press enter.
PowerShell Cmdlets
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Cmdlet |
Description |
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Get-ChildItem |
List all files / directories in the (current) directory |
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Get-Content |
Get the content of a file |
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Get-Command |
List available commands |
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Get-Help |
Help on commands |
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Clear-Host |
Clear the screen |
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Copy-Item |
Copy one or several files / a whole directory tree |
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Move-Item |
Move a file / a directory to a new location |
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Remove-Item |
Delete a file / a directory |
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Rename-Item |
Rename a file / a directory |
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Get-Location |
Display the current directory/present working directory. |
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Pop-Location |
Change the current directory to the directory most recently pushed onto the stack |
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Push-Location |
Push the current directory onto the stack |
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Set-Location |
Change the current directory |
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Tee-Object |
Pipe input to a file or variable, then pass the input along the pipeline |
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Write-Output |
Print strings, variables etc. to standard output |
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Get-Process |
List all currently running processes |
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Stop-Process |
Stop a running process |
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Select-String |
Print lines matching a pattern |
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Set-Variable |
Set the value of a variable / create a variable |
