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SS64 How-to An A-Z Index of Windows PowerShell commands

       %                     Alias for ForEach-Object
       ?                     Alias for Where-Object

• Get-Acl - Get permission settings for a file or registry key.
• Set-Acl - Set permissions.

• Active Directory - Active Directory module PowerShell cmdlets - Account, Computer, Group and User cmdlets.

• Get-Alias - gal - Return alias names for Cmdlets.
• Export-Alias - epal - Export currently defined aliases to a file.
• Import-Alias - ipal - Import an alias list from a file.
• New-Alias - nal - Create a new alias.
• Set-Alias - sal - Create or change an alias.
• Get-AppvClientPackage - Return App-V Client Packages.
• Get-AppxPackage List the app packages installed in a user profile. Remove-AppxPackage Remove an app package from a user account. Add-AppxProvisionedPackage Compress-Archive Create a new archive/zipped file. [PS 5+] Expand-Archive Extract files from an archive (zipped) file [PS 5+] * [[Get-AuthenticodeSignature Get the signature object associated with a file. * [[Set-AuthenticodeSignature Place a signature in a .ps1 script or other file. B Backup-GPO Backup group policy objects. (GPOs) Begin Function BEGIN block. BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Service cmdlets. Enable-BitLocker Enable encryption for a BitLocker volume. Enable-BitLockerAutoUnlock Enable automatic unlocking for a BitLocker volume. Resume-Bitlocker Resume Bitlocker encryption for the specified volume. Suspend-BitLocker Suspend Bitlocker encryption for the specified volume. Add-BitLockerKeyProtector Add a key protector for a BitLocker volume. Remove-BitLockerKeyProtector Remove a key protector from a BitLocker volume. * [[Get-BitLockerVolume * [[Get information about volumes BitLocker can protect. Break Exit a program loop. C Catch Handle a terminating error within a scriptblock. Export-Certificate Export a certificate from a certificate store into a file. * [[Get-Certificate Submit/retrieve a certificate request to an enrollment server and install. Import-Certificate Import one or more certificates into a certificate store. * [[Set-Location cd/chdir/sl Set the current working location. * [[Get-ChildItem dir/ls/gci Get child items (contents of a folder or registry key). Clear-Host clear/cls Clear the screen. Clear-Item cli Remove content from a variable or an alias. * [[Get-CimAssociatedInstance Retrieve CIM instance by an association. * [[Get-CimClass gcls Get a list of CIM classes in a specific namespace. Register-CimIndicationEvent Subscribe to indications using a filter or query expression. New-CimInstance ncim Create a new instance of a class. * [[Get-CimInstance gcim Get a managed resource (storage, network, software etc). Remove-CimInstance rcim Remove a CIM instance from a computer. * [[Set-CimInstance scim Modify a CIM instance on a CIM server. * [[Invoke-CimMethod icim Invoke a method of a CIM class or CIM instance. * [[Get-CimSession gcms Get current CIM session objects. New-CimSession ncms Create a CIM session. New-CimSessionOption Advanced options for New-CimSession. Remove-CimSession rcms Remove one or more CIM session objects. * [[Get-Clipboard * [[Get the current Windows clipboard entry. * [[Set-Clipboard Set the current Windows clipboard entry. * [[Get-Command gcm Retrieve basic information about a command. * [[Invoke-Command icm Run command. Show-Command shcm Create PowerShell commands in a graphical command window. Measure-Command Measure running time. Trace-Command Trace an expression or command. Add-Computer Add a computer to the domain. Checkpoint-Computer Create a system restore point (XP) Remove-Computer Remove the local computer from a workgroup or domain. * [[Rename-Computer Rename a computer. Restart-Computer Restart the operating system on a computer. Restore-Computer Restore the computer to a previous state. Stop-Computer Stop (shut down) a computer. * [[Get-ComputerInfo * [[Get system and operating system properties. Reset-ComputerMachinePassword Reset the machine account password for the computer. Test-ComputerSecureChannel Test and repair the secure channel to the domain. Add-Content ac Add to the content of the item. * [[Get-Content cat/type/gc Get content from item (specific location). * [[Set-Content sc Set content in the item (specific location). Clear-Content clc Remove content from a file/item. Continue Skip just this iteration of a loop. Enable-ComputerRestore Enable System Restore on a drive. Disable-ComputerRestore Disable System Restore on a drive. Get-ComputerRestorePoint* [[Get the restore points on the local computer. Test-Connection Ping one or more computers. * [[ConvertFrom-CSV Convert object properties (in CSV format) into CSV objects. * [[ConvertTo-CSV Convert .NET Framework objects into CSV variable-length strings. * [[ConvertFrom-Json Convert a JSON-formatted string to a custom object. * [[ConvertTo-Json Convert an object to a JSON-formatted string. * [[ConvertTo-Html Convert the input into an HTML table. * [[ConvertTo-Xml Convert the input into XML. * [[ConvertFrom-String cfs Extract and parse structured properties from a string. * [[ConvertFrom-StringData Convert a string containing key and value pairs into a hash table. * [[ConvertFrom-SecureString Convert a secure string into an encrypted standard string. * [[ConvertTo-SecureString Convert an encrypted standard string into a secure string. Copy-Item copy/cp/ci Copy an item from a namespace location. Export-Counter Export Performance Counter data to log files. * [[Get-Counter * [[Get performance counter data. * [[Import-Counter Import performance counter log files. * [[Get-Credential * [[Get a security credential (username/password). * [[Get-Culture * [[Get region information (language and keyboard layout). * [[Set-Culture Set the user culture for the current user account. D * [[Get-ChildItem Dir/ls/gci Get child items (contents of a folder or registry key). * [[Get-Date * [[Get current date and time. * [[Set-Date Set system time on the host system. Clear-Disk Remove all partition information and un-initialize a disk, erasing all data. * [[Get-Disk * [[Get one or more disks visible to the OS. * [[Set-Disk Set attributes and update a physical disk. Initialize-Disk Initialize a RAW disk for first use, this enables formatting. Mount-DiskImage Mount a previously created disk image (virtual HD or ISO) Remove-Item Del/erase/rd/rm/rmdir Delete an item. Compare-Object diff/compare Compare the properties of objects. * [[Get-DnsClientCache Retrieve the content of the local DNS client cache. Clear-DnsClientCache Clear the content of the DNS client cache. * [[Get-DnsClientServerAddress Get a DNS server IP address from the interface TCP/IP properties. * [[Set-DnsClientServerAddress Set a DNS server IP address on the interface TCP/IP properties. Resolve-DnsName Perform a DNS name query resolution for a specified name. Do Loop while a condition is True. * [[Get-DscConfiguration * [[Get the current config. of a node. * [[Get-DscLocalConfigurationManager Get Local Config Manager settings. * [[Get-DscResource * [[Get Desired State Config. resources from a computer. New-DSCCheckSum Create checksum files for DSC docs/resources. Start-DscConfiguration Apply Desired State config to nodes. E Write-Output echo Write an object to the pipeline. End Function END block. * [[Get-Event * [[Get events in the PowerShell event queue. New-Event Create a new event. Remove-Event Delete events from the event queue. Unregister-Event Cancel an event subscription. Wait-Event Wait until a particular event is raised. Clear-EventLog Delete all entries from an event log. * [[Get-Eventlog * [[Get event log data (2003). Limit-EventLog Limit the size of the event log. New-Eventlog Create a new event log and a new event source. Remove-EventLog Delete an event log. Show-EventLog Display an event log. Write-EventLog Write an event to an event log. * [[Get-WinEvent * [[Get event log data (Vista+). * [[Get-EventSubscriber * [[Get event subscribers. Register-EngineEvent Subscribe to PowerShell events. Register-ObjectEvent Subscribe to .NET events. Register-WmiEvent Subscribe to a WMI event. * [[Get-ExecutionPolicy * [[Get the execution policy for the shell. * [[Set-ExecutionPolicy Change the execution policy (user preference). Export-Alias - epal Export currently defined aliases to a file.

    Export-Clixml              Produce a clixml representation of PowerShell objects.
    Export-Console             Export console configuration to a file.
    Export-Csv          epcsv  Export to Comma Separated Values (spreadsheet).
    Exit-PSSession       Exit  Exit PowerShell (or exit a script).

F

  -F operator                Format operator.
  Unblock-File               Unblock files downloaded from the Internet.
  * [[Get-FileHash           Compute the hash value for a file.
  ForEach-Object    foreach  Loop through each item in the pipeline ( % ).
  ForEach                    Loop through each item in a collection.
  ForEach method             Loop through each item in a collection.
  For                        Loop through items that match a condition.
  Format-Custom         fc   Format output using a customized view.
  Format-Hex            fhx  Display a file or other input as hexadecimal.
  Format-List           fl   Format output as a list of properties, each on a new line.
  Format-Table          ft   Format output as a table.
  Format-Wide           fw   Format output as a table listing one property only.
 Export-FormatData           Save formatting data from the current session.
* [[Get-FormatData       * [[Get the formatting data in the current session.

• active, read-only, offline. * [[Convert-Path cvpa Convert a ps path to a provider path. Join-Path Combine a path and one or more child-paths. Resolve-Path rvpa Resolves the wildcards in a path. Split-Path Return part of a path. Test-Path Return true if the path exists, otherwise return false. Pause Pause and display the message "Press Enter to continue..." * [[Invoke-Pester Invoke Pester to recursively run all tests. Export-PfxCertificate Export a certificate or a PFXData object to a PFX file. * [[Get-PfxCertificate * [[Get pfx certificate information. * [[Get-PhysicalDisk Retrieve a list of Physical Disk objects. Remove-PhysicalDisk Remove a physical disk from a specified storage pool. * [[Set-PhysicalDisk Set attributes on a specific physical disk. * [[Get-PnpDevice Return information about PnP devices. Pop-Location popd Set the current working location from the stack. Push-Location pushd Push a location to the stack. Powershell Launch a PowerShell session/run a script. Add-Printer Add a printer to the specified computer. * [[Get-Printer Retrieve a list of printers installed on a computer. Remove-Printer Remove a printer from the specified computer. * [[Set-Printer Update the configuration of an existing printer. Add-PrinterDriver Install a printer driver on the computer. Add-PrinterPort Install a printer port on the computer. * [[Get-PrintJob Retrieve a list of print jobs from the specified printer. Process Function PROCESS block. * [[Get-Process ps/gps Get a list of processes on a machine. Debug-Process Attach a debugger to a running process. Start-Process start/saps Start one or more processes. Stop-Process kill/spps Stop a running process. Wait-Process Wait for a process to stop. Enable-PSBreakpoint ebp Enable a breakpoint in the current console. Disable-PSBreakpoint dbp Disable a breakpoint in the current console. * [[Get-PSBreakpoint gbp Get the currently set breakpoints. * [[Set-PSBreakpoint sbp Set a breakpoint on a line, command, or variable. Remove-PSBreakpoint rbp Delete breakpoints from the current console. * [[Get-PSCallStack gcs Display the current call stack. * [[Get-PSDrive gdr Get drive information (DriveInfo). New-PSDrive mount/ndr Create a mapped network drive. Remove-PSDrive rdr Remove a provider/drive from its location. * [[Get-PSProvider * [[Get information for the specified provider. * [[Set-PSdebug Turn script debugging on or off. Disable-PSRemoting Disable remote session configuration on the local computer. Enable-PSRemoting Configure the computer to receive remote commands. * [[Get-PSRepository * [[Get PowerShell repositories. Register-PSRepository Register a PowerShell repository. * [[Set-PSRepository Set values for a registered repository. Connect-PSSession cnsn Reconnect to a disconnected session. Disconnect-PSSession dnsn Disconnect from a session. Enter-PSSession etsn Start an interactive session with a remote computer. Exit-PSSession exsn End an interactive session with a remote computer. Export-PSSession epsn Import commands and save them in a PowerShell module. * [[Get-PSSession gsn * [[Get the PSSessions in the current session. * [[Import-PSSession ipsn Import commands from another session. New-PSSession nsn Create a persistent connection to a local or remote computer. Remove-PSSession rsn Close PowerShell sessions. Disable-PSSessionConfiguration - Disable session configurations on the local computer.

      Enable-PSSessionConfiguration]] - Enable session configurations on the local computer.
     * [[Get-PSSessionConfiguration]] - Get the registered PS session configuration.
    Register-PSSessionConfiguration]] - Create and register a new PS session configuration.
       * [[Set-PSSessionConfiguration]] - Change properties of a registered session configuration.
  Unregister-PSSessionConfiguration]] - Delete registered PS session configuration.
     New-PSSessionConfigurationFile  Create a file that defines a session configuration.
         New-PSSessionOption         Advanced options for a PSSession.
    Add-PsSnapIn        asnp   Add snap-ins to the console.

• Get-PsSnapin gsnp List PowerShell snap-ins on this computer. Remove-PSSnapin rsnp Remove PowerShell snap-ins from the console. R * [[Get-Random * [[Get a random number. Read-Host Read a line of input from the host console. Remove-Item rm/del/erase/rd/ri/rmdir Remove an item. * [[Rename-Item ren/rni Change the name of an existing item. * [[Rename-ItemProperty Rename a property of an item. Restart-Computer Restart the operating system on a computer. Return Exit the current scope, (function, script, or script block). Run/Call & Run a command (call operator). S Scheduler cmdlets * [[Get/Set scheduled jobs. Confirm-SecureBootUEFI Confirm that Secure Boot is enabled on the local computer. Select-Object select Select properties of objects. Select-XML Find text in an XML string or document. New-SelfSignedCertificate Create a new self-signed certificate for testing purposes. Send-MailMessage Send an email message. * [[Get-Service gsv Get a list of services. New-Service Create a new service. Restart-Service Stop and then restart a service. Resume-Service Resume a suspended service. * [[Set-Service Change the start mode/properties of a service. Start-Service sasv Start a stopped service. Stop-Service spsv Stop a running service. Suspend-Service Suspend a running service. Sort-Object sort Sort objects by property value. * [[Get-SmbConnection Retrieve the connections established from the SMB client to the SMB servers. * [[Get-SmbOpenFile Information about files that are open on behalf of SMB server clients. * [[Get-SMBMapping * [[Get an SMB mapping. New-SmbMapping Create an SMB mapping. Remove-SmbMapping Remove an SMB mapping. * [[Get-SmbSession Retrieve information about current SMB sessions. Set-SmbClientConfiguration Set the SMB client configuration. Get-SmbServerConfiguration Get the SMB Server configuration. Set-SmbServerConfiguration Set the SMB Server configuration. * [[Get-SmbShare Retrieve the SMB shares on the computer. * [[Set-SmbShare Modify the properties of an SMB share. New-SmbShare Create an SMB share. * [[Get-SmbShareAccess Retrieve the ACL of an SMB share. Grant-SmbShareAccess Add an allow ACE for a trustee to the security descriptor of the SMB share. * [[Set-StrictMode Enforce coding rules in expressions & scripts. * [[Get-StartApps * [[Get the names and IDs of apps installed on the Start Menu. Export-StartLayout Export layout of the Start screen as an .xml file. * [[Import-StartLayout Import the layout of the Start into a mounted Windows image. Start-Sleep sleep Suspend shell, script, or runspace activity. * [[Get-StorageJob Information about long-running Storage module jobs, such as a repair task. New-StoragePool Create a new storage pool using a group of physical disks. Switch Check multiple conditions. * [[ConvertFrom-StringData Convert a here-string into a hash table. Select-String Search through strings or files for patterns. T Tee-Object tee Send input objects to two places. New-Timespan Create a timespan object. * [[Get-TimeZone gtz Get the current time zone or a list of available time zones. * [[Set-TimeZone stz Set the system time zone to a specified time zone. * [[Get-TlsCipherSuite * [[Get the list of cipher suites for TLS for a computer. * [[Get-Tpm Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Trace-Command Trace an expression or command. * [[Get-Tracesource * [[Get components that are instrumented for tracing. * [[Set-Tracesource Trace a PowerShell component. Start-Transaction Start a new transaction. Complete-Transaction Commit the transaction. * [[Get-Transaction * [[Get information about the active transaction. Use-Transaction Add a command or expression to the transaction. Undo-Transaction Roll back a transaction. Start-Transcript Start a transcript of a command shell session. Stop-Transcript Stop the transcription process. Trap Handle a terminating error. Try ... Catch Handle a terminating error within a scriptblock. Add-Type Add a .NET Framework type to a PowerShell session. Update-TypeData Update extended type configuration. ==U== * [[Get-Uiculture * [[Get the ui culture information. Unblock-File Unblock files downloaded from the Internet. * [[Get-Unique gu Get the unique items in a collection. Update-Formatdata Update and append format data files. Update-Help Download and install help files. Update-Typedata Update the current extended type configuration. ==V== * [[Clear-Variable - clv - Remove the value from a PowerShell variable.
• Get-Variable - gv - Get a PowerShell variable.
• New-Variable - nv - Create a new variable.

   Remove-Variable        rv   Remove a variable and its value.
    * [[Set-Variable    set/sv   Set a variable and a value.
  * [[Get-VirtualDisk          Return a list of VirtualDisks across storage pools/providers.
      New-VirtualDisk          Create a new virtual disk in the specified storage pool.
   * [[Get-Volume          * [[Get the specified Volume object, or all Volume objects.
    Format-Volume              Format one or more volumes.
       New-Volume              Create a volume with the specified file system.
  Optimize-Volume              Optimize a volume.
    Repair-Volume              Perform repairs on a volume.
       Add-VpnConnection       Add a VPN connection to the Connection Manager phone book.
   * [[Get-VpnConnection       Retrieve the specified VPN connection profile information.
     * [[Set-VpnConnection       Change the config. of a VPN connection profile.
       Add-VpnConnectionRoute  Add a route to a VPN connection.

• Checkpoint-WebApplicationMonitoring - Create a checkpoint for an IIS web app.
• Get-WebApplicationMonitoringStatus - Get the monitoring status of web apps.
• New-WebServiceProxy - Create a Web service proxy object.

Invoke-WebRequest * Get content from a web page. Where-Object where/ - Compress or Extract zip files.

• # Comment / Remark.
• . (source) - Run a command script in the current shell.
• & (call) - Run a command, script or function.
• % - Alias for ForEach-Object.
• – - %Stop parsing input.
• ? - Alias for Where-Object.
• $variable = “value” - Define a variable also: ${n!a#me} = “value”.
• $_ - The current pipeline object.
• @(…) - Force an expression to be evaluated as an array.
• Escape or Continue on the next line.

The cmdlets above are listed in A-Z order, matching the Verb- and/or -Noun and/or Alias of the cmdlet (so some duplicates).

PowerShell can also run all the standard CMD commands (external commands), .cmd batch files will run within a CMD.exe shell (so can include internal CMD commands), plus all Resource Kit utilities. VBScripts can be run via cscript. [ Examples ]

Microsoft: PowerShell 5.1 cmdlets, 2.0/3.0 core cmdlets, Windows 2008 R2 cmdlets… more optional cmdlets.

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