Common Cmdlet Aliases

Question 1

Get-ChildItem

Answer 1

gci, dir, ls

List all files/directories in the current directory.

Question 2

Get-Content

Answer 2

gc, type, cat

Get the content of a file.

Question 3

Get-Command

Answer 3

gcm

List available commands.

Question 4

Get-Help

Answer 4

help, man

Help on commands.

Question 5

Clear-Host

Answer 5

cls, clear

Clear the screen.

Question 6

Copy-Item

Answer 6

cpi, copy, cp

Copy one or several files or a whole directory tree.

Question 7

Move-Item

Answer 7

mi, move, mv

Move a file/directory to a new location.

Question 8

Remove-Item

Answer 8

ri, del, erase, rmdir, rd, rm

Delete a file/directory

Question 9

Rename-Item

Answer 9

mi, ren, mv

Rename a file/directory

Question 10

Get-Location

Answer 10

gl, pwd

Display the current directory/present working directory.

Question 11

Pop-Location

Answer 11

popd

Change the current directory to the directory most recently pushed onto the stack.

Question 12

Push-Location

Answer 12

pushd

Push the current directory onto the stack.

Question 13

Set-Location

Answer 13

sl, cd, chdir

Change the current directory.

Question 14

Tee-Object

Answer 14

tee

Pipe input to a file or variable, then pass the input along the pipeline.

Question 15

Write-Output

Answer 15

echo, write

Print strings, variables etc. to a standard output.

Question 16

Get-Process

Answer 16

gps, ps

List all currently running processes.

Question 17

Stop-Process

Answer 17

spps, kill

Stop a running process.

Question 18

Select-String

Answer 18

where

Print lines matching a pattern.

Question 19

Set-Variable

Answer 19

Set the value of a variable / create a variable.

Question 20

Get-Alias

Answer 20

Get a list of aliases.